Cul-de-sac (1966) colour palette
Directed by Roman Polanski · Shot by Gilbert Taylor
- #010101near black · 17.4%
- #8c8c8cmid grey · 15.1%
- #2e2e2edark grey · 12.5%
- #474747dark grey · 11.8%
- #c9c9c9light grey · 11.8%
- #6b6b6bmid grey · 11.8%
Cul-de-sac (1966), shot by Gilbert Taylor, is monochrome: across 61 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 (#010101), covering 17.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0.001 — more saturated than 3% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.448 — brighter than 75% of ranked films
Measured across 61 frames. See the frames on the Cul-de-sac page →
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