The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) colour palette
Directed by Peter Greenaway · Shot by Sacha Vierny
- #0d0a09deep orange · 13.2%
- #8d0909red · 7.4%
- #2c0e0ddeep red · 7.4%
- #4a0908deep red · 5.2%
- #f5f4f3near white · 4.9%
- #2b2f29dark grey · 4.3%
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), shot by Sacha Vierny, runs natural and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are red and orange. The single most common colour is deep orange (#0d0a09), covering 13.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.704 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
natural
0.439 — more saturated than 95% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.35 — brighter than 10% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover page →
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