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Pola X (1999) colour palette

Directed by Leos Carax · Shot by Éric Gautier

Pola X (1999), shot by Éric Gautier, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 62 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#34302e), covering 14.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.871 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.209 — more saturated than 29% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.411 — brighter than 47% of ranked films

Measured across 62 frames. See the frames on the Pola X page →

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