Rear Window (1954) colour palette

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · Shot by Robert Burks

#362e2adeep orange · 13.8%
#58504adark grey · 7.7%
#161312near black · 7.7%
#251914deep orange · 6.8%
#d3cfc7pale orange · 5.5%
#4f352cdeep orange · 4%

Rear Window (1954), shot by Robert Burks, 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 deep orange (#362e2a), covering 13.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.858 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.223 — more saturated than 36% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.403 — brighter than 43% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Rear Window page →

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