
Ballad Of Narayama (1958) colour palette
Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita · Shot by Hiroshi Kusuda
- #302e27dark grey · 9.8%
- #0d110bdeep green · 9.2%
- #2a1310deep red · 6.4%
- #2b271bdeep yellow · 6.4%
- #4f4a35yellow · 6.1%
- #56564adark grey · 5.4%
Ballad Of Narayama (1958), shot by Hiroshi Kusuda, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 59 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and green. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302e27), covering 9.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits very dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.726 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.299 — more saturated than 70% of ranked films
Luminance
very dark
0.29 — brighter than 0% of ranked films
Measured across 59 frames. See the frames on the Ballad Of Narayama page →
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