Three Days of the Condor (1975) colour palette
Directed by Sydney Pollack · Shot by Owen Roizman
- #302c2cdark grey · 13.5%
- #514f4edark grey · 7.7%
- #141212near black · 7.7%
- #908f8cmid grey · 5.2%
- #aeb0aelight grey · 4.6%
- #d2d1cflight grey · 3.4%
Three Days of the Condor (1975), shot by Owen Roizman, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302c2c), covering 13.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
warm
0.566 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.173 — more saturated than 14% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.42 — brighter than 54% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Three Days of the Condor page →
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