Scandal (1950) colour palette
Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Shot by Toshio Ubukata
- #4c4c4cdark grey · 18.3%
- #8c8c8cmid grey · 17.3%
- #2d2d2ddark grey · 15.3%
- #6c6c6cmid grey · 12.3%
- #cececelight grey · 12%
- #060606near black · 10.7%
Scandal (1950), shot by Toshio Ubukata, is monochrome: across 60 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 dark grey (#4c4c4c), covering 18.3% 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
0.434 — brighter than 64% of ranked films
Measured across 60 frames. See the frames on the Scandal page →
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