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Contempt (Le Mépris) poster

Contempt (Le Mépris) (1963) colour palette

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard · Shot by Raoul Coutard

Contempt (Le Mépris) (1963), shot by Raoul Coutard, runs muted and warm, measured across 62 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#32302f), covering 6.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits bright.

Warmth

warm

0.456 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.268 — more saturated than 58% of ranked films

Luminance

bright

0.529 — brighter than 98% of ranked films

Measured across 62 frames. See the frames on the Contempt (Le Mépris) page →

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