The Apartment (1960) colour palette
Directed by Billy Wilder · Shot by Joseph LaShelle
- #040404near black · 18.2%
- #8b8b8bmid grey · 15%
- #fcfcfcnear white · 13.2%
- #c9c9c9light grey · 11.8%
- #303030dark grey · 11.8%
- #464646dark grey · 10.5%
The Apartment (1960), shot by Joseph LaShelle, is monochrome: across 44 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 18.2% 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
0.467 — brighter than 84% of ranked films
Measured across 44 frames. See the frames on the The Apartment page →
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