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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 strongly warm, measured across 66 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312f29), covering 13.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.602 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.235 — more saturated than 42% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.363 — brighter than 17% of ranked films

Measured across 66 frames. See the frames on the Se7en page →

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