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Calvaire (2004) colour palette

Directed by Fabrice Du Welz · Shot by Benoît Debie

Calvaire (2004), shot by Benoît Debie, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 44 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and green. The single most common colour is dark grey (#30302b), covering 13.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.682 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.185 — more saturated than 19% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.395 — brighter than 35% of ranked films

Measured across 44 frames. See the frames on the Calvaire page →

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