The Idiot (1951) colour palette
Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Shot by Toshio Ubukata
- #4c4c4cdark grey · 17.8%
- #2e2e2edark grey · 16.9%
- #070707near black · 16.6%
- #6d6d6dmid grey · 14.1%
- #8f8f8fmid grey · 14.1%
- #cccccclight grey · 9.1%
The Idiot (1951), shot by Toshio Ubukata, is monochrome: across 64 sampled frames the palette carries effectively no colour, so its look is built from dark tonal range rather than hue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#4c4c4c), covering 17.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0 — more saturated than 0% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.39 — brighter than 33% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the The Idiot page →
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