Rumble Fish (1983) colour palette
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · Shot by Stephen H. Burum
- #020202near black · 20.9%
- #909090mid grey · 15.7%
- #313131dark grey · 15.4%
- #cacacalight grey · 12.6%
- #6a6a6amid grey · 12%
- #fdfdfdnear white · 8.3%
Rumble Fish (1983), shot by Stephen H. Burum, 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 (#020202), covering 20.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0.027 — more saturated than 4% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.412 — brighter than 48% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Rumble Fish page →
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