Saving Private Ryan (1998) colour palette
Directed by Steven Spielberg · Shot by Janusz Kamiński
- #35332edark grey · 15.3%
- #54534bdark grey · 12.2%
- #75756cmid grey · 6.7%
- #8c8875mid grey · 5.6%
- #d2d1calight grey · 5.6%
- #a9a794mid grey · 4.7%
Saving Private Ryan (1998), shot by Janusz Kamiński, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 72 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#35332e), covering 15.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
warm
0.586 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.149 — more saturated than 9% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.435 — brighter than 66% of ranked films
Measured across 72 frames. See the frames on the Saving Private Ryan page →
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