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Benny’s Video (1992) colour palette

Directed by Michael Haneke · Shot by Christian Berger

Benny’s Video (1992), shot by Christian Berger, runs heavily desaturated and balanced, measured across 51 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2f31), covering 17.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

0.047 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.124 — more saturated than 6% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.45 — brighter than 76% of ranked films

Measured across 51 frames. See the frames on the Benny’s Video page →

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