framethrowerSign up for free

Movie colour palettes

Lawrence Of Arabia poster

Lawrence Of Arabia colour palette

Directed by David Lean · Shot by Freddie Young

Lawrence Of Arabia, shot by Freddie Young, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#332d2b), covering 8.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.664 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.23 — more saturated than 40% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.466 — brighter than 84% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Lawrence Of Arabia page →

Films that grade like this

Nearest by warmth, saturation and luminance across 1,568 ranked films — measured, not matched on genre.

Search the frames behind Lawrence Of Arabia

Every colour here comes from a real frame. Search by colour, lighting, lens and mood — $2 of credits free, no card.

Sign up for free

These measurements are published under CC BY 4.0 with attribution to FrameThrower. That covers the measurements only — the frames they were derived from are not ours to license, and rights remain with their owners.