The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) colour palette
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · Shot by Yoshio Miyajima
- #060606near black · 18.5%
- #4a4a4adark grey · 14.8%
- #8c8c8cmid grey · 14.5%
- #2e2e2edark grey · 13.5%
- #6d6d6dmid grey · 11.7%
- #cdcdcdlight grey · 11.1%
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959), shot by Yoshio Miyajima, 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 (#060606), covering 18.5% 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
0.417 — brighter than 52% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity page →
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