The River (1951) colour palette
Directed by Jean Renoir · Shot by Claude Renoir
- #34312edark grey · 7.6%
- #54514cdark grey · 4.8%
- #d6c4afpale orange · 3.8%
- #8c6d54orange · 3.5%
- #8f7770red · 3.2%
- #c9ad92orange · 3.2%
The River (1951), shot by Claude Renoir, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 63 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#34312e), covering 7.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.656 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.274 — more saturated than 60% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.493 — brighter than 92% of ranked films
Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the The River page →
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