Yojimbo (1961) colour palette
Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Shot by Kazuo Miyagawa
- #030303near black · 17.5%
- #8d8d8dmid grey · 15.4%
- #2f2e2edark grey · 13.8%
- #4b4a4adark grey · 12%
- #cbcbcblight grey · 11.7%
- #6e6e6emid grey · 11.1%
Yojimbo (1961), shot by Kazuo Miyagawa, 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 near black (#030303), covering 17.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0.002 — more saturated than 3% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.445 — brighter than 74% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Yojimbo page →
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