Murder, My Sweet (1944) colour palette
Directed by Edward Dmytryk · Shot by Harry J. Wild
- #040404near black · 20.9%
- #fbfbfbnear white · 14.5%
- #888888mid grey · 13.8%
- #c8c8c8light grey · 11.7%
- #464646dark grey · 11.1%
- #303030dark grey · 10.8%
Murder, My Sweet (1944), shot by Harry J. Wild, 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 (#040404), covering 20.9% 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
0.458 — brighter than 81% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Murder, My Sweet page →
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