The Amazing Mr. X (1948) colour palette
Directed by Bernard Vorhaus · Shot by John Alton
- #040404near black · 19.5%
- #2e2e2edark grey · 16.4%
- #8c8c8cmid grey · 15%
- #cececelight grey · 12.7%
- #4c4c4cdark grey · 12.3%
- #6b6b6bmid grey · 9.5%
The Amazing Mr. X (1948), shot by John Alton, is monochrome: across 44 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 (#040404), covering 19.5% 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
0.417 — brighter than 52% of ranked films
Measured across 44 frames. See the frames on the The Amazing Mr. X page →
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