Kafka (1991) colour palette
Directed by Steven Soderbergh · Shot by Walt Lloyd
- #050505near black · 17.5%
- #2f2f30dark grey · 16.9%
- #8d8d8cmid grey · 13.1%
- #cececelight grey · 12.2%
- #6f6f6fmid grey · 11.9%
- #4c4c4cdark grey · 9.1%
Kafka (1991), shot by Walt Lloyd, 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 black (#050505), covering 17.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0.015 — more saturated than 4% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.427 — brighter than 58% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Kafka page →
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