Sweet Smell of Success (1957) colour palette
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick · Shot by James Wong Howe
- #040404near black · 19.7%
- #8e8e8emid grey · 15.5%
- #303030dark grey · 15.2%
- #cccccclight grey · 13.9%
- #6c6c6cmid grey · 12.6%
- #484848dark grey · 9.4%
Sweet Smell of Success (1957), shot by James Wong Howe, is monochrome: across 62 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 (#040404), 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
0.424 — brighter than 56% of ranked films
Measured across 62 frames. See the frames on the Sweet Smell of Success page →
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