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What A Way To Go! (1964) colour palette

Directed by J. Lee Thompson · Shot by Leon Shamroy

What A Way To Go! (1964), shot by Leon Shamroy, runs muted and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302e2b), covering 8.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.558 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.277 — more saturated than 62% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.51 — brighter than 96% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the What A Way To Go! page →

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