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Black Book (2006) colour palette

Directed by Paul Verhoeven · Shot by Karl Walter Lindenlaub

Black Book (2006), shot by Karl Walter Lindenlaub, runs muted and warm, measured across 58 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#322d2a), covering 10% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.55 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.253 — more saturated than 51% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.393 — brighter than 34% of ranked films

Measured across 58 frames. See the frames on the Black Book page →

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