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F/X (1986) colour palette

Directed by Robert Mandel · Shot by Miroslav Ondříček

F/X (1986), shot by Miroslav Ondříček, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 156 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#32302d), covering 16.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.701 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.148 — more saturated than 9% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.448 — brighter than 75% of ranked films

Measured across 156 frames. See the frames on the F/X page →

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