Compulsion (1959) colour palette
Directed by Richard Fleischer · Shot by William C. Mellor
- #060606near black · 17.1%
- #8d8d8dmid grey · 16.2%
- #313131dark grey · 13.8%
- #6e6e6emid grey · 11.4%
- #4a4a4adark grey · 11%
- #b2b2b2light grey · 11%
Compulsion (1959), shot by William C. Mellor, is monochrome: across 42 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 (#060606), covering 17.1% 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
0.452 — brighter than 78% of ranked films
Measured across 42 frames. See the frames on the Compulsion page →
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