Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) colour palette
Directed by Maya Deren · Shot by Alexander Hammid
- #010101near black · 19%
- #8b8b8bmid grey · 15.9%
- #2f2f2fdark grey · 14.4%
- #cacacalight grey · 13.8%
- #fbfbfbnear white · 10.8%
- #4a4a4adark grey · 10.3%
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), shot by Alexander Hammid, is monochrome: across 39 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% 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
0.446 — brighter than 74% of ranked films
Measured across 39 frames. See the frames on the Meshes of the Afternoon page →
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