Anatomy of a Murder (1959) colour palette
Directed by Otto Preminger · Shot by Sam Leavitt
- #020202near black · 19.1%
- #303030dark grey · 14%
- #707070mid grey · 14%
- #8e8e8emid grey · 12.5%
- #cccccclight grey · 12.2%
- #afafaflight grey · 9.9%
Anatomy of a Murder (1959), shot by Sam Leavitt, is monochrome: across 68 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 (#020202), covering 19.1% 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
0.441 — brighter than 71% of ranked films
Measured across 68 frames. See the frames on the Anatomy of a Murder page →
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