All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) colour palette
Directed by Lewis Milestone · Shot by Arthur Edeson
- #4a4a4adark grey · 16.9%
- #060606near black · 15.1%
- #2c2c2cdark grey · 14.2%
- #8b8b8amid grey · 13.8%
- #cdcdcdlight grey · 11.7%
- #6e6e6emid grey · 11.1%
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), shot by Arthur Edeson, is monochrome: across 65 sampled frames the palette carries effectively no colour, so its look is built from mid-key tonal range rather than hue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#4a4a4a), covering 16.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0.002 — more saturated than 3% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.428 — brighter than 59% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the All Quiet on the Western Front page →
Films that grade like this
Nearest by warmth, saturation and luminance across 1,568 ranked films — measured, not matched on genre.
Search the frames behind All Quiet on the Western Front
Every colour here comes from a real frame. Search by colour, lighting, lens and mood — $2 of credits free, no card.
These measurements are published under CC BY 4.0 with attribution to FrameThrower. That covers the measurements only — the frames they were derived from are not ours to license, and rights remain with their owners.