The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer (1961) colour palette
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · Shot by Yoshio Miyajima
- #050505near black · 17.1%
- #8e8e8emid grey · 15.9%
- #2f2f2fdark grey · 15.6%
- #6b6b6bmid grey · 13.7%
- #4a4a4adark grey · 12.7%
- #cbcbcblight grey · 12.1%
The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer (1961), shot by Yoshio Miyajima, 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 (#050505), covering 17.1% 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
0.418 — brighter than 52% of ranked films
Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer page →
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