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War Requiem (1989) colour palette

Directed by Derek Jarman · Shot by Richard Greatrex

War Requiem (1989), shot by Richard Greatrex, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 57 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#322f2a), covering 11.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.639 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.21 — more saturated than 29% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.445 — brighter than 73% of ranked films

Measured across 57 frames. See the frames on the War Requiem page →

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