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A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence poster

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014) colour palette

Directed by Roy Andersson · Shot by István Borbás

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014), shot by István Borbás, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 30 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is pale yellow (#d5d3c7), covering 12% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits bright.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.853 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.129 — more saturated than 6% of ranked films

Luminance

bright

0.562 — brighter than 99% of ranked films

Measured across 30 frames. See the frames on the A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence page →

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