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The Good, The Bad And The Ugly poster

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966) colour palette

Directed by Sergio Leone · Shot by Tonino Delli Colli

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966), shot by Tonino Delli Colli, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 70 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is deep orange (#38322b), covering 10.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.634 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.19 — more saturated than 21% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.435 — brighter than 66% of ranked films

Measured across 70 frames. See the frames on the The Good, The Bad And The Ugly page →

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