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Christiane F. (1981) colour palette

Directed by Uli Edel · Shot by Jürgen Jürges

Christiane F. (1981), shot by Jürgen Jürges, runs heavily desaturated and balanced, measured across 195 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2e2e2e), covering 14.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

0.096 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.141 — more saturated than 8% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.432 — brighter than 62% of ranked films

Measured across 195 frames. See the frames on the Christiane F. page →

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