Full Metal Jacket (1987) colour palette
Directed by Stanley Kubrick · Shot by Douglas Milsome
- #31322cdark grey · 10%
- #525449dark grey · 7%
- #a9a792mid grey · 4.5%
- #77796cmid grey · 4.2%
- #8f9077mid grey · 3.9%
- #f9fafanear white · 3.3%
Full Metal Jacket (1987), shot by Douglas Milsome, runs muted and warm, measured across 66 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#31322c), covering 10% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
warm
0.477 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.247 — more saturated than 48% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.446 — brighter than 75% of ranked films
Measured across 66 frames. See the frames on the Full Metal Jacket page →
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