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Witchfinder General (1968) colour palette

Directed by Michael Reeves · Shot by John Coquillon

Witchfinder General (1968), shot by John Coquillon, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 59 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312e2b), covering 11.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.626 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.23 — more saturated than 40% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.434 — brighter than 64% of ranked films

Measured across 59 frames. See the frames on the Witchfinder General page →

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