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Head poster

Head (1968) colour palette

Directed by Bob Rafelson · Shot by Michel Hugo

Head (1968), shot by Michel Hugo, runs muted and warm, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302e2d), covering 8.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.397 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.253 — more saturated than 51% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.474 — brighter than 87% of ranked films

Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Head page →

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