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Moulin Rouge! (2001) colour palette

Directed by Baz Luhrmann · Shot by Donald McAlpine

Moulin Rouge! (2001), shot by Donald McAlpine, runs vivid and warm, measured across 80 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are red and orange. The single most common colour is near black (#09080a), covering 12.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.319 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

vivid

0.49 — more saturated than 97% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.365 — brighter than 18% of ranked films

Measured across 80 frames. See the frames on the Moulin Rouge! page →

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