One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) colour palette
Directed by Miloš Forman · Shot by Haskell Wexler
- #33302ddark grey · 13.9%
- #d5d3cclight grey · 10.7%
- #52514bdark grey · 8.7%
- #f6f5f3pale orange · 6.8%
- #afb0aclight grey · 4.2%
- #8f908amid grey · 3.8%
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), shot by Haskell Wexler, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 261 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#33302d), covering 13.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
warm
0.587 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.139 — more saturated than 7% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.507 — brighter than 95% of ranked films
Measured across 261 frames. See the frames on the One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest page →
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