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Belle De Jour (1967) colour palette

Directed by Luis Buñuel · Shot by Sacha Vierny

Belle De Jour (1967), shot by Sacha Vierny, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#32302b), covering 12.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.804 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.208 — more saturated than 29% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.502 — brighter than 94% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Belle De Jour page →

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