The Straight Story (1999) colour palette
Directed by David Lynch · Shot by Freddie Francis
- #353128deep orange · 10.6%
- #12110fnear black · 5.9%
- #44362bdeep orange · 4.4%
- #4d4b33yellow · 4.1%
- #8d7055orange · 3.4%
- #887869orange · 3.4%
The Straight Story (1999), shot by Freddie Francis, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is deep orange (#353128), covering 10.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.752 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.27 — more saturated than 58% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.406 — brighter than 45% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the The Straight Story page →
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