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Howl (2010) colour palette

Directed by Rob Epstein · Shot by Edward Lachman

Howl (2010), shot by Edward Lachman, runs muted and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and green. The single most common colour is dark grey (#30322d), covering 8.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.399 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.27 — more saturated than 58% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.445 — brighter than 73% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Howl page →

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