The Gold Rush (1925) colour palette
Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Shot by Roland Totheroh
- #f6f6f6near white · 14.3%
- #494949dark grey · 13.5%
- #040404near black · 13.1%
- #afafaflight grey · 13.1%
- #cececelight grey · 13.1%
- #888888mid grey · 12.7%
The Gold Rush (1925), shot by Roland Totheroh, is monochrome: across 49 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 14.3% 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
0.503 — brighter than 95% of ranked films
Measured across 49 frames. See the frames on the The Gold Rush page →
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