Brief Encounter (1945) colour palette
Directed by David Lean · Shot by Robert Krasker
- #090909near black · 17.2%
- #8e8e8emid grey · 13.8%
- #4a4a4adark grey · 13.5%
- #2e2e2edark grey · 12.9%
- #cdcdcdlight grey · 12.3%
- #6e6e6emid grey · 11.4%
Brief Encounter (1945), shot by Robert Krasker, 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 (#090909), covering 17.2% 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
0.442 — brighter than 71% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Brief Encounter page →
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