The Ascent (1977) colour palette
Directed by Larisa Shepitko · Shot by Vladimir Chukhnov
- #f6f6f6near white · 14.2%
- #8c8c8cmid grey · 13.5%
- #cdcdcdlight grey · 13.2%
- #080808near black · 12.6%
- #aeaeaelight grey · 12.3%
- #4b4b4bdark grey · 12.3%
The Ascent (1977), shot by Vladimir Chukhnov, 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 white (#f6f6f6), covering 14.2% 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
0.506 — brighter than 95% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Ascent page →
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