Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970) colour palette
Directed by Werner Herzog · Shot by Thomas Mauch
- #fafafanear white · 15.2%
- #474747dark grey · 13.7%
- #aeaeaelight grey · 12.7%
- #cdcdcdlight grey · 12.7%
- #020202near black · 12.4%
- #898989mid grey · 12.4%
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970), shot by Thomas Mauch, is monochrome: across 64 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 white (#fafafa), covering 15.2% 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
0.509 — brighter than 96% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Even Dwarfs Started Small page →
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