Birth (2004) colour palette
Directed by Jonathan Glazer · Shot by Harris Savides
- #322e2adark grey · 14.7%
- #54514bdark grey · 9.4%
- #12100ddeep orange · 5.9%
- #a79c8forange · 5.3%
- #d2cfcblight grey · 5%
- #78746amid grey · 4.7%
Birth (2004), shot by Harris Savides, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#322e2a), covering 14.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.781 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.148 — more saturated than 9% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.425 — brighter than 57% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Birth page →
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