framethrowerSign up for free

Movie colour palettes

Rio Bravo poster

Rio Bravo (1959) colour palette

Directed by Howard Hawks · Shot by Russell Harlan

Rio Bravo (1959), shot by Russell Harlan, runs natural 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 (#4a3428), covering 10.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.877 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.306 — more saturated than 73% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.364 — brighter than 16% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Rio Bravo 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 Rio Bravo

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

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.