M (1931) colour palette
Directed by Fritz Lang · Shot by Fritz Arno Wagner
- #8e8e8emid grey · 15.7%
- #d0d0d0light grey · 14.8%
- #2d2d2ddark grey · 14.5%
- #060606near black · 14.2%
- #4e4e4edark grey · 13.8%
- #afafaflight grey · 11.1%
M (1931), shot by Fritz Arno Wagner, is monochrome: across 65 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 (#8e8e8e), covering 15.7% 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
0.451 — brighter than 77% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the M page →
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