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Jarhead colour palette

Directed by Sam Mendes · Shot by Roger Deakins

Jarhead, shot by Roger Deakins, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#32312b), covering 8.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.934 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.285 — more saturated than 65% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.435 — brighter than 66% of ranked films

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

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