The American Soldier (1970) colour palette
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Shot by Dietrich Lohmann
- #010101near black · 18.7%
- #fdfdfdnear white · 15.8%
- #8a8a8amid grey · 13.9%
- #313131dark grey · 12.3%
- #c8c8c8light grey · 11%
- #6f6f6fmid grey · 10.3%
The American Soldier (1970), shot by Dietrich Lohmann, is monochrome: across 62 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 18.7% 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
0.471 — brighter than 86% of ranked films
Measured across 62 frames. See the frames on the The American Soldier page →
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