Tokyo Chorus (1931) colour palette
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu · Shot by Hideo Shigehara
- #8b8b8amid grey · 15.1%
- #484848dark grey · 14.3%
- #cacacalight grey · 13.6%
- #2d2d2ddark grey · 12.5%
- #6c6c6cmid grey · 12.1%
- #acacaclight grey · 12.1%
Tokyo Chorus (1931), shot by Hideo Shigehara, is monochrome: across 53 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 mid grey (#8b8b8a), covering 15.1% 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
0.475 — brighter than 88% of ranked films
Measured across 53 frames. See the frames on the Tokyo Chorus page →
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