12 Angry Men (1957) colour palette
Directed by Sidney Lumet · Shot by Boris Kaufman
- #050505near black · 17.8%
- #cdcdcdlight grey · 13.1%
- #adadadlight grey · 12.8%
- #303030dark grey · 12.8%
- #f7f7f7near white · 11.3%
- #6f6f6fmid grey · 11.3%
12 Angry Men (1957), shot by Boris Kaufman, 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 (#050505), covering 17.8% 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
0.466 — brighter than 84% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the 12 Angry Men page →
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