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Betty Blue (1986) colour palette

Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix · Shot by Jean-François Robin

Betty Blue (1986), shot by Jean-François Robin, runs natural and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#33312c), covering 7.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.515 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.361 — more saturated than 86% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.458 — brighter than 81% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Betty Blue page →

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