The French Dispatch (2021) colour palette
Directed by Wes Anderson · Shot by Robert D. Yeoman
- #050404near black · 13.7%
- #31302fdark grey · 10.8%
- #8a8a89mid grey · 10.6%
- #f9f9f8near white · 10.3%
- #cdcdcdlight grey · 9.8%
- #4c4c4bdark grey · 9.2%
The French Dispatch (2021), shot by Robert D. Yeoman, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 126 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is near black (#050404), covering 13.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
warm
0.558 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.103 — more saturated than 4% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.473 — brighter than 87% of ranked films
Measured across 126 frames. See the frames on the The French Dispatch page →
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