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Five Easy Pieces poster

Five Easy Pieces (1970) colour palette

Directed by Bob Rafelson · Shot by László Kovács

Five Easy Pieces (1970), shot by László Kovács, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 62 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#34312e), covering 11% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.704 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.215 — more saturated than 32% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.438 — brighter than 67% of ranked films

Measured across 62 frames. See the frames on the Five Easy Pieces page →

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