Stalag 17 (1953) colour palette
Directed by Billy Wilder · Shot by Ernest Laszlo
- #050505near black · 17.8%
- #2e2e2edark grey · 15.6%
- #8f8f8fmid grey · 15.3%
- #6c6c6cmid grey · 13.4%
- #4b4b4bdark grey · 13.1%
- #cececelight grey · 11.6%
Stalag 17 (1953), shot by Ernest Laszlo, 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 (#050505), covering 17.8% 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
0.411 — brighter than 47% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Stalag 17 page →
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