On Dangerous Ground (1951) colour palette
Directed by Nicholas Ray · Shot by George E. Diskant
- #050505near black · 19.1%
- #2f2f2fdark grey · 14.2%
- #6c6c6cmid grey · 13.2%
- #8f8f8fmid grey · 13.2%
- #cececelight grey · 12.9%
- #494949dark grey · 10.5%
On Dangerous Ground (1951), shot by George E. Diskant, 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 (#050505), covering 19.1% 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
0.434 — brighter than 64% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the On Dangerous Ground page →
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