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Barton Fink poster

Barton Fink (1991) colour palette

Directed by Joel Coen · Shot by Roger Deakins

Barton Fink (1991), shot by Roger Deakins, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 68 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is deep orange (#363029), covering 11.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.814 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.216 — more saturated than 32% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.431 — brighter than 63% of ranked films

Measured across 68 frames. See the frames on the Barton Fink page →

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