North By Northwest (1959) colour palette
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · Shot by Robert Burks
- #2f2f2cdark grey · 11.9%
- #121314near black · 8.1%
- #d2d1cclight grey · 5.9%
- #52514fdark grey · 5.6%
- #8d8d8dmid grey · 4.7%
- #ecebe9near white · 3.1%
North By Northwest (1959), shot by Robert Burks, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2f2c), covering 11.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
warm
0.297 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.179 — more saturated than 16% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.417 — brighter than 52% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the North By Northwest page →
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