Murder By Contract (1958) colour palette
Directed by Irving Lerner · Shot by Lucien Ballard
- #060606near black · 18.8%
- #fbfbfbnear white · 14.2%
- #474747dark grey · 12.9%
- #c9c9c9light grey · 12.9%
- #898989mid grey · 12.6%
- #2f2f2fdark grey · 10.2%
Murder By Contract (1958), shot by Lucien Ballard, 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 near black (#060606), covering 18.8% 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
0.471 — brighter than 86% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Murder By Contract page →
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