High Noon (1952) colour palette
Directed by Fred Zinnemann · Shot by Floyd Crosby
- #020202near black · 16.3%
- #f9f9f9near white · 15.6%
- #b0b0b0light grey · 12.5%
- #868686mid grey · 12.5%
- #cacacalight grey · 11.9%
- #474747dark grey · 11.6%
High Noon (1952), shot by Floyd Crosby, is monochrome: across 64 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 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
0.495 — brighter than 93% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the High Noon page →
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