The 400 Blows (1959) colour palette
Directed by François Truffaut · Shot by Henri Decaë
- #2e2e2edark grey · 16.7%
- #030303near black · 16.3%
- #8c8c8cmid grey · 16.3%
- #cbcbcblight grey · 11.7%
- #4c4c4cdark grey · 10%
- #f9f9f9near white · 9.7%
The 400 Blows (1959), shot by Henri Decaë, is monochrome: across 60 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 (#2e2e2e), covering 16.7% 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
0.445 — brighter than 74% of ranked films
Measured across 60 frames. See the frames on the The 400 Blows page →
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