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The Story of Adele H poster

The Story of Adele H (1975) colour palette

Directed by François Truffaut · Shot by Néstor Almendros

The Story of Adele H (1975), shot by Néstor Almendros, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 47 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#352f2b), covering 12.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.905 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.186 — more saturated than 19% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.409 — brighter than 46% of ranked films

Measured across 47 frames. See the frames on the The Story of Adele H page →

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