Some Like It Hot (1959) colour palette
Directed by Billy Wilder · Shot by Charles Lang
- #000000near black · 19.7%
- #303030dark grey · 14%
- #8a8a8amid grey · 14%
- #fdfdfdnear white · 12.7%
- #717171mid grey · 10.8%
- #cacacalight grey · 10.8%
Some Like It Hot (1959), shot by Charles Lang, is monochrome: across 64 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 (#000000), covering 19.7% 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
0.448 — brighter than 76% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Some Like It Hot page →
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