Stray Dog (1949) colour palette
Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Shot by Asakazu Nakai
- #4d4d4ddark grey · 18.5%
- #2e2e2edark grey · 15.7%
- #0c0c0cnear black · 15.1%
- #8d8d8dmid grey · 14.5%
- #6f6f6fmid grey · 11.7%
- #b0b0b0light grey · 9.8%
Stray Dog (1949), shot by Asakazu Nakai, is monochrome: across 65 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 (#4d4d4d), covering 18.5% 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
0.415 — brighter than 50% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Stray Dog page →
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