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Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) colour palette

Directed by Renny Harlin · Shot by Vittorio Storaro

Exorcist: The Beginning (2004), shot by Vittorio Storaro, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 233 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312f2a), covering 16.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.885 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.168 — more saturated than 13% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.409 — brighter than 46% of ranked films

Measured across 233 frames. See the frames on the Exorcist: The Beginning page →

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