Pather Panchali (1955) colour palette
Directed by Satyajit Ray · Shot by Subrata Mitra
- #030303near black · 14.8%
- #2e2e2edark grey · 13.8%
- #8e8e8emid grey · 13.5%
- #6f6f6fmid grey · 12.9%
- #4c4c4cdark grey · 12.3%
- #cccccclight grey · 12%
Pather Panchali (1955), shot by Subrata Mitra, is monochrome: across 65 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 (#030303), covering 14.8% 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
0.461 — brighter than 82% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Pather Panchali page →
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