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Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) colour palette

Directed by Steven Spielberg · Shot by Douglas Slocombe

Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981), shot by Douglas Slocombe, runs natural and strongly warm, measured across 67 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is deep orange (#120f0e), covering 6.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.702 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.337 — more saturated than 82% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.41 — brighter than 48% of ranked films

Measured across 67 frames. See the frames on the Raiders Of The Lost Ark page →

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