In a Lonely Place (1950) colour palette
Directed by Nicholas Ray · Shot by Burnett Guffey
- #020202near black · 19.6%
- #313131dark grey · 13.9%
- #898989mid grey · 13.9%
- #fbfbfbnear white · 12.5%
- #c9c9c9light grey · 11.1%
- #707070mid grey · 11.1%
In a Lonely Place (1950), shot by Burnett Guffey, is monochrome: across 56 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 (#020202), covering 19.6% 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
0.449 — brighter than 75% of ranked films
Measured across 56 frames. See the frames on the In a Lonely Place page →
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