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The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) colour palette

Directed by Jonathan Demme · Shot by Tak Fujimoto

The Silence Of The Lambs (1991), shot by Tak Fujimoto, 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 (#302e2c), covering 14.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.68 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.204 — more saturated than 26% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.382 — brighter than 29% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Silence Of The Lambs page →

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