
Rio Bravo (1959) colour palette
Directed by Howard Hawks · Shot by Russell Harlan
- #4a3428deep orange · 10.8%
- #8c6d52orange · 8.3%
- #251912deep orange · 6.8%
- #362c28deep orange · 6.8%
- #31231cdeep orange · 6.2%
- #ad9274orange · 5.2%
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 →
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