Elevator To The Gallows (Ascenseur pour l’échafaud) (1958) colour palette
Directed by Louis Malle · Shot by Henri Decaë
- #020202near black · 17.1%
- #8c8c8cmid grey · 14.8%
- #2f2f2fdark grey · 14.2%
- #cbcbcblight grey · 12.3%
- #fcfcfcnear white · 11.9%
- #6d6d6dmid grey · 11.6%
Elevator To The Gallows (Ascenseur pour l’échafaud) (1958), shot by Henri Decaë, is monochrome: across 62 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 (#020202), covering 17.1% 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
0.461 — brighter than 82% of ranked films
Measured across 62 frames. See the frames on the Elevator To The Gallows (Ascenseur pour l’échafaud) page →
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