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Chocolat (1988) colour palette

Directed by Claire Denis · Shot by Robert Alazraki

Chocolat (1988), shot by Robert Alazraki, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#34342b), covering 6.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.85 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.29 — more saturated than 67% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.479 — brighter than 89% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Chocolat page →

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