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Comanche Station (1960) colour palette

Directed by Budd Boetticher · Shot by Charles Lawton Jr.

Comanche Station (1960), shot by Charles Lawton Jr., runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 47 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is deep orange (#362f28), covering 11.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.651 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.213 — more saturated than 31% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.442 — brighter than 71% of ranked films

Measured across 47 frames. See the frames on the Comanche Station page →

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