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Camera Buff (1979) colour palette

Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski · Shot by Jacek Petrycki

Camera Buff (1979), shot by Jacek Petrycki, runs heavily desaturated and balanced, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#313230), covering 12.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

0.153 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.122 — more saturated than 5% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.475 — brighter than 88% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Camera Buff page →

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