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Viy (1967) colour palette

Directed by Georgi Kropachyov · Shot by Viktor Pishchalnikov

Viy (1967), shot by Viktor Pishchalnikov, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 52 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302d2c), covering 14.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.577 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.17 — more saturated than 13% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.395 — brighter than 35% of ranked films

Measured across 52 frames. See the frames on the Viy page →

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