Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) colour palette
Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto · Shot by Shinya Tsukamoto
- #020202near black · 19.4%
- #8c8c8cmid grey · 16%
- #2f2f2fdark grey · 14.2%
- #fefefenear white · 12.3%
- #cacacalight grey · 11.7%
- #494949dark grey · 9.8%
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), shot by Shinya Tsukamoto, 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 19.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0.001 — more saturated than 3% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.448 — brighter than 75% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Tetsuo: The Iron Man page →
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