The Gospel According To St. Matthew (1964) colour palette
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini · Shot by Tonino Delli Colli
- #464646dark grey · 14.8%
- #cbcbcblight grey · 13.8%
- #020202near black · 13.5%
- #f7f7f7near white · 13.5%
- #878787mid grey · 13.2%
- #aeaeaelight grey · 11.1%
The Gospel According To St. Matthew (1964), shot by Tonino Delli Colli, 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 dark grey (#464646), covering 14.8% 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
0.494 — brighter than 92% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Gospel According To St. Matthew page →
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