Léon Morin, Priest (1961) colour palette
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville · Shot by Henri Decaë
- #050505near black · 20.3%
- #303030dark grey · 13.4%
- #8c8c8cmid grey · 13.4%
- #6e6e6emid grey · 13.1%
- #cccccclight grey · 13.1%
- #454545dark grey · 10.3%
Léon Morin, Priest (1961), shot by Henri Decaë, is monochrome: across 58 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 (#050505), covering 20.3% 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
0.423 — brighter than 56% of ranked films
Measured across 58 frames. See the frames on the Léon Morin, Priest page →
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