2011 Score 8.26 13 eps Red Complementary MAL ↗IMDb ↗ ufotable Action Fantasy

Fate/Zero

Pixel Slice — 1px center crop per frame
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Smooth Average — mean color per frame
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Rank Mosaic — columns sorted by luminance
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Circle / Radial — polar transform
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Edit Pace — frame-to-frame color delta (bright = fast cuts)
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Color Temperature — warm (gold) vs cool (teal) per frame
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Frame Density Comparison — every 2nd vs every 4th frame
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Fate/Zero’s dark opening arc is a formal confession: this war was never meant to be won. The palette reads Red-dominant at 33%, but the nearly equal 28% Blue-Green betrays the show’s true emotional register — a cold

Brightness Arc (episode progression)

Hue Distribution

Act Breakdown

Opening
0.431
Middle
0.353
Closing
0.376
Avg Brightness
0.262
Avg Saturation
0.154
Warmth
0.506

Color Palette

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3-Act Color Story

Opening
Middle
Closing
Color Twins
Perceptually nearest palettes — measured in OKLab space, not RGB
Fate/Zero Season 2
2012
Fate/Zero Season 2
Red
Lycoris Recoil
2022
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Red
Witch Hunter Robin
2002
Witch Hunter Robin
Red-Orange
Ergo Proxy
2006
Ergo Proxy
Green
Dragon Ball GT
1996
Dragon Ball GT
Red
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