The Artist (2011) colour palette
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius · Shot by Guillaume Schiffman
- #8a8a8amid grey · 16.4%
- #030303near black · 15.5%
- #2d2d2ddark grey · 14.2%
- #4b4b4adark grey · 13.3%
- #f8f8f8near white · 11.8%
- #cdcdcdlight grey · 11.5%
The Artist (2011), shot by Guillaume Schiffman, is monochrome: across 66 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 mid grey (#8a8a8a), covering 16.4% 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
0.458 — brighter than 81% of ranked films
Measured across 66 frames. See the frames on the The Artist page →
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