Roman Holiday (1953) colour palette
Directed by William Wyler · Shot by Henri Alekan
- #030303near black · 17.4%
- #fcfcfcnear white · 14.7%
- #464646dark grey · 13.6%
- #cacacalight grey · 12.8%
- #858585mid grey · 12.1%
- #afafaflight grey · 12.1%
Roman Holiday (1953), shot by Henri Alekan, is monochrome: across 53 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 17.4% 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
0.491 — brighter than 92% of ranked films
Measured across 53 frames. See the frames on the Roman Holiday page →
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