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Zodiac (2007) colour palette

Directed by David Fincher · Shot by Harris Savides

Zodiac (2007), shot by Harris Savides, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 63 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312f29), covering 11.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.793 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.195 — more saturated than 23% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.383 — brighter than 30% of ranked films

Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the Zodiac page →

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