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Broken Embraces (2009) colour palette

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · Shot by Rodrigo Prieto

Broken Embraces (2009), shot by Rodrigo Prieto, runs muted and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2f2d), covering 10.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.404 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.268 — more saturated than 58% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.426 — brighter than 58% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Broken Embraces page →

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