The Serpent’s Egg (1977) colour palette
Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Shot by Sven Nykvist
- #302d2cdark grey · 15.6%
- #54504cdark grey · 10.6%
- #12100fnear black · 7.2%
- #d5d1cclight grey · 4.4%
- #45372edeep orange · 4.4%
- #8b7a6corange · 4.4%
The Serpent’s Egg (1977), shot by Sven Nykvist, runs muted 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 (#302d2c), covering 15.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.915 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.207 — more saturated than 28% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.386 — brighter than 30% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the The Serpent’s Egg page →
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