Rope (1948) colour palette
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · Shot by Joseph A. Valentine
- #312d2ddark grey · 10%
- #52504fdark grey · 9.5%
- #2d334bdeep blue · 7.4%
- #8a796fmid grey · 6.8%
- #766e67mid grey · 5.3%
- #473431deep red · 4.7%
Rope (1948), shot by Joseph A. Valentine, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 38 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312d2d), covering 10% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
warm
0.403 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.176 — more saturated than 15% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.427 — brighter than 59% of ranked films
Measured across 38 frames. See the frames on the Rope page →
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