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Broken Flowers poster

Broken Flowers colour palette

Directed by Jim Jarmusch · Shot by Frederick Elmes

Broken Flowers, shot by Frederick Elmes, runs muted and balanced, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2d2e2d), covering 14.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

0.146 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.21 — more saturated than 29% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.41 — brighter than 46% of ranked films

Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Broken Flowers page →

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