D.O.A. (1949) colour palette
Directed by Rudolph Maté · Shot by Ernest Laszlo
- #030303near black · 20.8%
- #fafafanear white · 16.2%
- #8a8a8amid grey · 14.2%
- #313131dark grey · 10.8%
- #c7c7c7light grey · 10.8%
- #444444dark grey · 10.8%
D.O.A. (1949), shot by Ernest Laszlo, is monochrome: across 52 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 (#030303), covering 20.8% 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
0.463 — brighter than 83% of ranked films
Measured across 52 frames. See the frames on the D.O.A. page →
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