Kin-dza-dza! (1986) colour palette

Directed by Georgiy Daneliya · Shot by Pavel Lebeshev

#33302bdark grey · 8.9%
#56534cdark grey · 7.1%
#d0c8afpale yellow · 5.2%
#d6d3capale yellow · 4.9%
#93928bmid grey · 4.3%
#afb1aclight grey · 4%

Kin-dza-dza! (1986), shot by Pavel Lebeshev, runs muted and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#33302b), covering 8.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.534 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.201 — more saturated than 25% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.502 — brighter than 94% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Kin-dza-dza! page →

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