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The Wormwood Star poster

The Wormwood Star (1956) colour palette

Directed by Curtis Harrington

The Wormwood Star (1956) runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 15 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are red and orange. The single most common colour is red (#512f35), covering 6.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits bright.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.699 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.291 — more saturated than 67% of ranked films

Luminance

bright

0.52 — brighter than 97% of ranked films

Measured across 15 frames. See the frames on the The Wormwood Star page →

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