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Paris, Texas (1984) colour palette

Directed by Wim Wenders · Shot by Robby Müller

Paris, Texas (1984), shot by Robby Müller, runs natural and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#33302f), covering 5.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.307 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.394 — more saturated than 91% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.412 — brighter than 49% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Paris, Texas page →

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