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Cool Hand Luke (1967) colour palette

Directed by Stuart Rosenberg · Shot by Conrad Hall

Cool Hand Luke (1967), shot by Conrad Hall, runs muted and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312f2d), covering 13.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.417 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.193 — more saturated than 22% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.42 — brighter than 54% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Cool Hand Luke page →

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