Alphaville (1965) colour palette
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard · Shot by Raoul Coutard
- #040404near black · 19%
- #fafafanear white · 16.2%
- #8a8a8amid grey · 14.3%
- #313131dark grey · 13.3%
- #cccccclight grey · 13%
- #6d6d6dmid grey · 8.9%
Alphaville (1965), shot by Raoul Coutard, is monochrome: across 63 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 near black (#040404), covering 19% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0 — more saturated than 0% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.479 — brighter than 89% of ranked films
Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the Alphaville page →
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