Sunset Boulevard (1950) colour palette
Directed by Billy Wilder · Shot by John F. Seitz
- #030303near black · 20.6%
- #303030dark grey · 13.8%
- #8c8c8cmid grey · 13.5%
- #cacacalight grey · 11.4%
- #fdfdfdnear white · 11.1%
- #6d6d6dmid grey · 11.1%
Sunset Boulevard (1950), shot by John F. Seitz, 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 near black (#030303), covering 20.6% 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
0.433 — brighter than 64% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Sunset Boulevard page →
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