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Valhalla Rising (2009) colour palette

Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn · Shot by Morten Søborg

Valhalla Rising (2009), shot by Morten Søborg, runs muted and warm, measured across 66 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f3130), covering 13% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.39 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.222 — more saturated than 35% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.387 — brighter than 31% of ranked films

Measured across 66 frames. See the frames on the Valhalla Rising page →

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