Straw Dogs (1971) colour palette
Directed by Sam Peckinpah · Shot by John Coquillon
- #312e2bdark grey · 15.6%
- #555049dark grey · 10.3%
- #11100enear black · 6.6%
- #8a7b6corange · 6.3%
- #b0a591orange · 4.4%
- #71685amid grey · 4.1%
Straw Dogs (1971), shot by John Coquillon, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312e2b), covering 15.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.633 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.15 — more saturated than 9% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.393 — brighter than 34% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Straw Dogs page →
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