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Thunderbolt & Lightfoot (1974) colour palette

Directed by Michael Cimino · Shot by Frank Stanley

Thunderbolt & Lightfoot (1974), shot by Frank Stanley, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 63 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2e2c), covering 10.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.259 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.179 — more saturated than 16% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.449 — brighter than 75% of ranked films

Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the Thunderbolt & Lightfoot page →

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