Sherlock Jr. (1924) colour palette
Directed by Buster Keaton · Shot by Byron Houck
- #020202near black · 15.3%
- #afafaflight grey · 14.1%
- #4b4b4bdark grey · 12.4%
- #888888mid grey · 12.4%
- #fbfbfbnear white · 12.4%
- #cfcfcflight grey · 11.8%
Sherlock Jr. (1924), shot by Byron Houck, is monochrome: across 34 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 15.3% 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
0.485 — brighter than 90% of ranked films
Measured across 34 frames. See the frames on the Sherlock Jr. page →
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