Throne of Blood (1957) colour palette
Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Shot by Asakazu Nakai
- #4c4c4cdark grey · 17.5%
- #8c8c8cmid grey · 17.2%
- #060606near black · 14.5%
- #b0b0b0light grey · 11.1%
- #cdcdcdlight grey · 10.8%
- #2f2f2fdark grey · 10.2%
Throne of Blood (1957), shot by Asakazu Nakai, 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 dark grey (#4c4c4c), covering 17.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0 — more saturated than 0% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.463 — brighter than 83% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Throne of Blood page →
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