The Tango Lesson (1997) colour palette
Directed by Sally Potter · Shot by Robby Müller
- #010101near black · 18.7%
- #fdfdfdnear white · 16.8%
- #c8c8c8light grey · 13%
- #868686mid grey · 12.4%
- #414141dark grey · 9.5%
- #323232dark grey · 8.6%
The Tango Lesson (1997), shot by Robby Müller, 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 (#010101), covering 18.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0.041 — more saturated than 4% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.487 — brighter than 91% of ranked films
Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the The Tango Lesson page →
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