Movie colour palettes

The Rose King poster

The Rose King (1986) colour palette

Directed by Werner Schroeter · Shot by Wolfgang Pilgrim

The Rose King (1986), shot by Wolfgang Pilgrim, runs muted and balanced, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is deep blue (#090a0c), covering 13.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

balanced

-0.068 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.295 — more saturated than 69% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.337 — brighter than 6% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Rose King page →

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