Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982) colour palette
Directed by Carl Reiner · Shot by Michael Chapman
- #040404near black · 21.2%
- #8c8c8cmid grey · 14.8%
- #303030dark grey · 14.5%
- #cccccclight grey · 12.6%
- #fafafanear white · 10.5%
- #6e6e6emid grey · 10.2%
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982), shot by Michael Chapman, 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 (#040404), covering 21.2% 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
0.435 — brighter than 65% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid page →
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