Paris Blues (1961) colour palette
Directed by Martin Ritt · Shot by Christian Matras
- #010101near black · 19%
- #fdfdfdnear white · 16.6%
- #858585mid grey · 14.9%
- #c6c6c6light grey · 14.1%
- #464646dark grey · 13.1%
- #313131dark grey · 8%
Paris Blues (1961), shot by Christian Matras, is monochrome: across 118 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 (#010101), covering 19% 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
0.485 — brighter than 90% of ranked films
Measured across 118 frames. See the frames on the Paris Blues page →
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