The Duellists (1977) colour palette
Directed by Ridley Scott · Shot by Frank Tidy
- #302d2adark grey · 12.7%
- #55514adark grey · 8.3%
- #47362edeep orange · 6.3%
- #261915deep red · 5.7%
- #4c473aorange · 5.7%
- #b0a694orange · 4.1%
The Duellists (1977), shot by Frank Tidy, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 63 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302d2a), covering 12.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.803 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.192 — more saturated than 22% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.387 — brighter than 31% of ranked films
Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the The Duellists page →
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