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Papillon (1973) colour palette

Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner · Shot by Fred J. Koenekamp

Papillon (1973), shot by Fred J. Koenekamp, 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 (#32312e), covering 9.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.299 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.202 — more saturated than 26% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.432 — brighter than 63% of ranked films

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

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