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Klute (1971) colour palette

Directed by Alan J. Pakula · Shot by Gordon Willis

Klute (1971), shot by Gordon Willis, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 61 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312d2d), covering 14.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.531 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.179 — more saturated than 16% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.375 — brighter than 23% of ranked films

Measured across 61 frames. See the frames on the Klute page →

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