The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) colour palette
Directed by Robert Wise · Shot by Leo Tover
- #040404near black · 15.9%
- #8c8c8cmid grey · 13.7%
- #afafaflight grey · 12.7%
- #313131dark grey · 12.7%
- #707070mid grey · 12.7%
- #f8f8f8near white · 11.1%
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), shot by Leo Tover, is monochrome: across 63 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 15.9% 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
0.467 — brighter than 84% of ranked films
Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the The Day the Earth Stood Still page →
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