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Straight Time (1978) colour palette

Directed by Ulu Grosbard · Shot by Owen Roizman

Straight Time (1978), shot by Owen Roizman, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 34 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#322e2c), covering 7.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.665 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.235 — more saturated than 42% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.455 — brighter than 79% of ranked films

Measured across 34 frames. See the frames on the Straight Time page →

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