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Irma La Douce (1963) colour palette

Directed by Billy Wilder · Shot by Joseph LaShelle

Irma La Douce (1963), shot by Joseph LaShelle, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 56 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#342e2b), covering 10.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.757 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.235 — more saturated than 42% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.451 — brighter than 77% of ranked films

Measured across 56 frames. See the frames on the Irma La Douce page →

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