Night Tide (1961) colour palette
Directed by Curtis Harrington · Shot by Vilis Lapenieks
- #050505near black · 19.4%
- #888888mid grey · 13.4%
- #fcfcfcnear white · 13.1%
- #484848dark grey · 12.8%
- #2f2f2fdark grey · 12.8%
- #c8c8c8light grey · 11.6%
Night Tide (1961), shot by Vilis Lapenieks, 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 (#050505), covering 19.4% 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
0.446 — brighter than 74% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Night Tide page →
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