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Delicatessen (1991) colour palette

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet · Shot by Darius Khondji

Delicatessen (1991), shot by Darius Khondji, runs natural and strongly warm, measured across 62 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is deep orange (#2d2718), covering 9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.889 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.401 — more saturated than 92% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.373 — brighter than 23% of ranked films

Measured across 62 frames. See the frames on the Delicatessen page →

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