Les Amants (1958) colour palette
Directed by Louis Malle · Shot by Henri Decaë
- #020202near black · 17.8%
- #898989mid grey · 14.7%
- #fcfcfcnear white · 13.8%
- #c7c7c7light grey · 12.5%
- #313131dark grey · 11.9%
- #444444dark grey · 11.6%
Les Amants (1958), shot by Henri Decaë, 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 17.8% 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
0.464 — brighter than 83% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Les Amants page →
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