The Great Dictator (1940) colour palette
Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Shot by Karl Struss
- #020202near black · 16%
- #fbfbfbnear white · 15.7%
- #464545dark grey · 13.8%
- #868686mid grey · 13.2%
- #c8c8c8light grey · 12.9%
- #aeaeadlight grey · 12.3%
The Great Dictator (1940), shot by Karl Struss, 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 black (#020202), covering 16% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0.002 — more saturated than 3% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.506 — brighter than 95% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Great Dictator page →
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