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Something Wild (1986) colour palette

Directed by Jonathan Demme · Shot by Tak Fujimoto

Something Wild (1986), shot by Tak Fujimoto, runs muted and warm, measured across 58 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are red and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312f30), covering 12.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.343 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.292 — more saturated than 67% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.45 — brighter than 76% of ranked films

Measured across 58 frames. See the frames on the Something Wild page →

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