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Se7en (1995) colour palette

Directed by David Fincher · Shot by Darius Khondji

Se7en (1995), shot by Darius Khondji, runs muted and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312f29), covering 13.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.6 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.237 — more saturated than 43% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.365 — brighter than 17% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Se7en page →

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