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The Fisher King poster

The Fisher King (1991) colour palette

Directed by Terry Gilliam · Shot by Roger Pratt

The Fisher King (1991), shot by Roger Pratt, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#32302d), covering 11.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.697 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.248 — more saturated than 48% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.413 — brighter than 49% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Fisher King page →

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