Raging Bull (1980) colour palette
Directed by Martin Scorsese · Shot by Michael Chapman
- #010101near black · 17.8%
- #fdfdfdnear white · 16%
- #888888mid grey · 13.5%
- #c8c8c8light grey · 12.6%
- #303030dark grey · 10.8%
- #434343dark grey · 9.8%
Raging Bull (1980), shot by Michael Chapman, 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 (#010101), covering 17.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0.006 — more saturated than 4% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.486 — brighter than 91% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Raging Bull page →
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