Mank (2020) colour palette
Directed by David Fincher · Shot by Erik Messerschmidt
- #010101near black · 19.3%
- #303030dark grey · 15.9%
- #8c8c8cmid grey · 15.2%
- #fdfdfdnear white · 14.4%
- #6d6d6dmid grey · 10.4%
- #cacacalight grey · 8.9%
Mank (2020), shot by Erik Messerschmidt, is monochrome: across 54 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 19.3% 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 54 frames. See the frames on the Mank page →
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