Cathy Come Home (1969) colour palette
Directed by Ken Loach · Shot by Tony Imi
- #c8c8c8light grey · 16.2%
- #030303near black · 15.7%
- #464646dark grey · 14.9%
- #878787mid grey · 14.5%
- #fcfcfcnear white · 10.2%
- #303030dark grey · 9.8%
Cathy Come Home (1969), shot by Tony Imi, is monochrome: across 47 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 light grey (#c8c8c8), covering 16.2% 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
0.47 — brighter than 86% of ranked films
Measured across 47 frames. See the frames on the Cathy Come Home page →
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