Broken Blossoms (1919) colour palette
Directed by D.W. Griffith · Shot by Billy Bitzer
- #251415deep red · 10.5%
- #4b312edeep red · 6.9%
- #100a0ddeep magenta · 5.8%
- #3a3128deep orange · 4.7%
- #574938orange · 4.4%
- #8c7769orange · 4%
Broken Blossoms (1919), shot by Billy Bitzer, runs natural and warm, measured across 55 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is deep red (#251415), covering 10.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
warm
0.52 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
natural
0.33 — more saturated than 80% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.364 — brighter than 16% of ranked films
Measured across 55 frames. See the frames on the Broken Blossoms page →
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