Sanshiro Sugata (1943) colour palette
Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Shot by Akira Mimura
- #040404near black · 18.4%
- #4a4a4adark grey · 15.2%
- #2d2d2ddark grey · 14.6%
- #8d8d8dmid grey · 14.3%
- #6d6d6dmid grey · 11.7%
- #c9c9c9light grey · 10.2%
Sanshiro Sugata (1943), shot by Akira Mimura, 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 (#040404), covering 18.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0.001 — more saturated than 3% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.412 — brighter than 48% of ranked films
Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the Sanshiro Sugata page →
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