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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning poster

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) colour palette

Directed by Jonathan Liebesman · Shot by Lukas Ettlin

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006), shot by Lukas Ettlin, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 132 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#34322b), covering 12.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.898 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.218 — more saturated than 33% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.395 — brighter than 37% of ranked films

Measured across 132 frames. See the frames on the The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning page →

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