Following (1998) colour palette
Directed by Christopher Nolan · Shot by Christopher Nolan
- #080808near black · 20%
- #2d2d2ddark grey · 16.9%
- #4d4d4ddark grey · 16.5%
- #6e6e6emid grey · 13.8%
- #8f8f8fmid grey · 12.7%
- #b3b3b3light grey · 9.2%
Following (1998), shot by Christopher Nolan, is monochrome: across 52 sampled frames the palette carries effectively no colour, so its look is built from dark tonal range rather than hue. The single most common colour is near black (#080808), covering 20% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0 — more saturated than 0% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.375 — brighter than 24% of ranked films
Measured across 52 frames. See the frames on the Following page →
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