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Gigi poster

Gigi (1958) colour palette

Directed by Vincente Minnelli · Shot by Joseph Ruttenberg

Gigi (1958), shot by Joseph Ruttenberg, runs natural and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#32302f), covering 6.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.268 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.315 — more saturated than 76% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.489 — brighter than 92% of ranked films

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

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