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The Haunting poster

The Haunting (1999) colour palette

Directed by Jan de Bont · Shot by Karl Walter Lindenlaub

The Haunting (1999), shot by Karl Walter Lindenlaub, runs muted and warm, measured across 62 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2c2c), covering 15.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.554 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.213 — more saturated than 31% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.333 — brighter than 5% of ranked films

Measured across 62 frames. See the frames on the The Haunting page →

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