The Brood (1979) colour palette
Directed by David Cronenberg · Shot by Mark Irwin
- #36312adeep orange · 9.8%
- #110d0cdeep red · 6.2%
- #534834orange · 4.3%
- #896f55orange · 4%
- #d6cdb1pale yellow · 4%
- #4b392fdeep orange · 4%
The Brood (1979), shot by Mark Irwin, runs natural and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is deep orange (#36312a), covering 9.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.696 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
natural
0.305 — more saturated than 72% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.427 — brighter than 58% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Brood page →
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