Head Against The Wall (1959) colour palette
Directed by Georges Franju · Shot by Eugen Schüfftan
- #040404near black · 17.1%
- #2e2e2edark grey · 14%
- #6c6c6cmid grey · 13.7%
- #8c8c8cmid grey · 13.3%
- #494949dark grey · 13.3%
- #cacacalight grey · 13%
Head Against The Wall (1959), shot by Eugen Schüfftan, is monochrome: across 63 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 17.1% 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
0.426 — brighter than 58% of ranked films
Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the Head Against The Wall page →
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