M (1951) (1951) colour palette
Directed by Joseph Losey · Shot by Ernest Laszlo
- #010101near black · 18.7%
- #fbfbfbnear white · 15.2%
- #878787mid grey · 13%
- #cacacalight grey · 12.4%
- #474747dark grey · 11.4%
- #adadadlight grey · 10.8%
M (1951) (1951), shot by Ernest Laszlo, 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 (#010101), covering 18.7% 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
0.48 — brighter than 89% of ranked films
Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the M (1951) page →
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