Blonde Venus (1932) colour palette
Directed by Josef von Sternberg · Shot by Bert Glennon
- #030303near black · 18.8%
- #898989mid grey · 15.4%
- #fbfbfbnear white · 13.5%
- #c8c8c8light grey · 13.2%
- #464646dark grey · 10.5%
- #313131dark grey · 10.5%
Blonde Venus (1932), shot by Bert Glennon, 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 near black (#030303), covering 18.8% 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
0.472 — brighter than 86% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Blonde Venus page →
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