A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) colour palette
Directed by Karel Zeman · Shot by Antonín Horák
- #32322bdark grey · 11.7%
- #535349dark grey · 9.2%
- #8c8977mid grey · 5.8%
- #aaa693mid grey · 5.5%
- #716c5amid grey · 5.5%
- #76776bmid grey · 5.5%
A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955), shot by Antonín Horák, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#32322b), covering 11.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.911 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.161 — more saturated than 11% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.433 — brighter than 63% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the A Journey to the Beginning of Time page →
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