The Black Dahlia (2006) colour palette
Directed by Brian De Palma · Shot by Vilmos Zsigmond
- #352e28deep orange · 10%
- #131210near black · 10%
- #241b15deep orange · 7.8%
- #8c7969orange · 6.3%
- #2c231cdeep orange · 5.9%
- #574f47dark grey · 5.6%
The Black Dahlia (2006), shot by Vilmos Zsigmond, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is deep orange (#352e28), covering 10% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.926 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.208 — more saturated than 29% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.378 — brighter than 24% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the The Black Dahlia page →
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