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The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (1964) colour palette

Directed by Jacques Demy · Shot by Jean Rabier

The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (1964), shot by Jean Rabier, runs natural and warm, measured across 62 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#322d2c), covering 6.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.426 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.404 — more saturated than 92% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.514 — brighter than 96% of ranked films

Measured across 62 frames. See the frames on the The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg page →

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