Bob le Flambeur (1956) colour palette
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville · Shot by Henri Decaë
- #050505near black · 16.3%
- #898988mid grey · 15.3%
- #494949dark grey · 14.7%
- #2e2e2edark grey · 11.9%
- #fafafanear white · 11.9%
- #cbcbcalight grey · 11.9%
Bob le Flambeur (1956), shot by Henri Decaë, 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 (#050505), covering 16.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0.001 — more saturated than 3% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.461 — brighter than 82% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Bob le Flambeur page →
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