Red River (1948) colour palette
Directed by Howard Hawks · Shot by Russell Harlan
- #060606near black · 14.9%
- #6e6e6emid grey · 14.3%
- #2f2e2edark grey · 13.7%
- #494948dark grey · 13.3%
- #8e8e8emid grey · 12.7%
- #cececdlight grey · 12.4%
Red River (1948), shot by Russell Harlan, is monochrome: across 63 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 (#060606), covering 14.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0.004 — more saturated than 4% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.446 — brighter than 74% of ranked films
Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the Red River page →
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