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Ran (1985) colour palette

Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Shot by Takao Saitō

Ran (1985), shot by Takao Saitō, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and green. The single most common colour is dark grey (#31302e), covering 8.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.637 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.248 — more saturated than 48% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.445 — brighter than 74% of ranked films

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

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