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The Hired Hand (1971) colour palette

Directed by Peter Fonda · Shot by Vilmos Zsigmond

The Hired Hand (1971), shot by Vilmos Zsigmond, runs muted and warm, measured across 63 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#33302b), covering 9.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.435 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.243 — more saturated than 46% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.399 — brighter than 39% of ranked films

Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the The Hired Hand page →

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