framethrowerSign up for free

Movie colour palettes

Floating Weeds poster

Floating Weeds (1959) colour palette

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu · Shot by Kazuo Miyagawa

Floating Weeds (1959), shot by Kazuo Miyagawa, runs muted and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are red and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#30312e), covering 13.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.397 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.206 — more saturated than 28% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.475 — brighter than 88% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Floating Weeds page →

Films that grade like this

Nearest by warmth, saturation and luminance across 1,568 ranked films — measured, not matched on genre.

Search the frames behind Floating Weeds

Every colour here comes from a real frame. Search by colour, lighting, lens and mood — $2 of credits free, no card.

These measurements are published under CC BY 4.0 with attribution to FrameThrower. That covers the measurements only — the frames they were derived from are not ours to license, and rights remain with their owners.