First Blood (1982) colour palette
Directed by Ted Kotcheff · Shot by Andrew Laszlo
- #2f2e29dark grey · 16.9%
- #51524cdark grey · 11.1%
- #141310near black · 9.5%
- #4c4738yellow · 4.3%
- #27231cdeep orange · 4.3%
- #75766dmid grey · 4%
First Blood (1982), shot by Andrew Laszlo, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and green. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2e29), covering 16.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.713 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.174 — more saturated than 14% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.338 — brighter than 7% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the First Blood page →
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