Hud (1963) colour palette
Directed by Martin Ritt · Shot by James Wong Howe
- #030303near black · 15.6%
- #fbfbfbnear white · 15.3%
- #484848dark grey · 14.4%
- #878787mid grey · 14.1%
- #afafaflight grey · 11.9%
- #c8c8c8light grey · 11.3%
Hud (1963), shot by James Wong Howe, 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 (#030303), covering 15.6% 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
0.491 — brighter than 92% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Hud page →
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