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Romeo + Juliet poster

Romeo + Juliet (1996) colour palette

Directed by Baz Luhrmann · Shot by Donald McAlpine

Romeo + Juliet (1996), shot by Donald McAlpine, runs vivid and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is near black (#0a090a), covering 6.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.347 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

vivid

0.464 — more saturated than 96% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.438 — brighter than 68% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Romeo + Juliet page →

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