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Dog Day Afternoon poster

Dog Day Afternoon (1975) colour palette

Directed by Sidney Lumet · Shot by Victor J. Kemper

Dog Day Afternoon (1975), shot by Victor J. Kemper, runs muted and warm, measured across 151 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#332f2d), covering 13% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.554 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.197 — more saturated than 24% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.482 — brighter than 90% of ranked films

Measured across 151 frames. See the frames on the Dog Day Afternoon page →

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