An American In Paris (1951) colour palette
Directed by Vincente Minnelli · Shot by Alfred Gilks
- #33302fdark grey · 6.9%
- #0a0a0anear black · 6.3%
- #f6f3f2pale orange · 6%
- #d7d1cbpale orange · 4.3%
- #50504cdark grey · 3.7%
- #d2b391orange · 2.6%
An American In Paris (1951), shot by Alfred Gilks, runs natural and strongly warm, measured across 70 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#33302f), covering 6.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.604 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
natural
0.317 — more saturated than 77% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.482 — brighter than 90% of ranked films
Measured across 70 frames. See the frames on the An American In Paris page →
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