La Jetée (1962) colour palette
Directed by Chris Marker · Shot by Jean Chiabaut
- #020202near black · 19.1%
- #8c8c8cmid grey · 15.7%
- #313131dark grey · 13.8%
- #cdcdcdlight grey · 12%
- #6c6c6cmid grey · 11.7%
- #f9f9f9near white · 10.5%
La Jetée (1962), shot by Jean Chiabaut, 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 (#020202), covering 19.1% 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
0.45 — brighter than 76% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the La Jetée 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 La Jetée
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.