The Quiet Duel (1949) colour palette
Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Shot by Sōichi Aisaka
- #050505near black · 14.8%
- #8c8c8bmid grey · 14.8%
- #2e2d2ddark grey · 14.4%
- #4b4b4bdark grey · 12.5%
- #cccccclight grey · 12.1%
- #6d6d6dmid grey · 11.1%
The Quiet Duel (1949), shot by Sōichi Aisaka, is monochrome: across 61 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 14.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0.003 — more saturated than 4% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.46 — brighter than 82% of ranked films
Measured across 61 frames. See the frames on the The Quiet Duel page →
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