Stranger Than Paradise (1984) colour palette
Directed by Jim Jarmusch · Shot by Tom DiCillo
- #010101near black · 15.5%
- #8a8a8amid grey · 15.1%
- #2f2f2fdark grey · 13.6%
- #cbcbcblight grey · 13.2%
- #494949dark grey · 10.9%
- #aeaeaelight grey · 10.6%
Stranger Than Paradise (1984), shot by Tom DiCillo, is monochrome: across 53 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 15.5% 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
0.466 — brighter than 84% of ranked films
Measured across 53 frames. See the frames on the Stranger Than Paradise page →
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