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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) colour palette

Directed by Terry Jones · Shot by Terry Bedford

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), shot by Terry Bedford, runs muted and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#32312d), covering 9.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.486 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.229 — more saturated than 39% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.444 — brighter than 74% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Monty Python and the Holy Grail page →

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