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Star 80 poster

Star 80 (1983) colour palette

Directed by Bob Fosse · Shot by Sven Nykvist

Star 80 (1983), shot by Sven Nykvist, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 56 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is deep orange (#352d29), covering 10.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.798 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.252 — more saturated than 50% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.408 — brighter than 45% of ranked films

Measured across 56 frames. See the frames on the Star 80 page →

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