Ikiru (1952) colour palette
Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Shot by Asakazu Nakai
- #030303near black · 18.8%
- #898989mid grey · 16.3%
- #cacacalight grey · 13.8%
- #fbfbfbnear white · 12%
- #2f2f2fdark grey · 11.7%
- #464646dark grey · 11.4%
Ikiru (1952), shot by Asakazu Nakai, 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 (#030303), covering 18.8% 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
0.459 — brighter than 81% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Ikiru page →
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