Knife In The Water (1962) colour palette
Directed by Roman Polanski · Shot by Jerzy Lipman
- #898989mid grey · 15.1%
- #484848dark grey · 14.8%
- #c8c8c8light grey · 14.4%
- #020202near black · 14.1%
- #2f2f2fdark grey · 11.1%
- #acacaclight grey · 10.5%
Knife In The Water (1962), shot by Jerzy Lipman, is monochrome: across 61 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 mid grey (#898989), covering 15.1% 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
0.472 — brighter than 86% of ranked films
Measured across 61 frames. See the frames on the Knife In The Water page →
Films that grade like this
Nearest by warmth, saturation and luminance across 1,568 ranked films — measured, not matched on genre.
Search the frames behind Knife In The Water
Every colour here comes from a real frame. Search by colour, lighting, lens and mood — $2 of credits free, no card.
These measurements are published under CC BY 4.0 with attribution to FrameThrower. That covers the measurements only — the frames they were derived from are not ours to license, and rights remain with their owners.