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The Scent of Green Papaya poster

The Scent of Green Papaya (1993) colour palette

Directed by Trần Anh Hùng · Shot by Benoît Delhomme

The Scent of Green Papaya (1993), shot by Benoît Delhomme, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 28 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and green. The single most common colour is dark grey (#322e2b), covering 13.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.688 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.205 — more saturated than 27% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.439 — brighter than 69% of ranked films

Measured across 28 frames. See the frames on the The Scent of Green Papaya page →

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