
The Belly of an Architect (1987) colour palette
Directed by Peter Greenaway · Shot by Sacha Vierny
- #312d2ddark grey · 11.2%
- #524f4cdark grey · 7.6%
- #d6d1cdlight grey · 6.4%
- #0d0b0bnear black · 5.6%
- #a89b8eorange · 5.2%
- #f7f7f6near white · 4.8%
The Belly of an Architect (1987), shot by Sacha Vierny, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 50 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312d2d), covering 11.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.757 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.208 — more saturated than 29% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.477 — brighter than 88% of ranked films
Measured across 50 frames. See the frames on the The Belly of an Architect page →
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