The Black Book (Reign of Terror) (1949) colour palette
Directed by Anthony Mann · Shot by John Alton
- #050505near black · 24.4%
- #303030dark grey · 18%
- #929292mid grey · 15.6%
- #686868mid grey · 14.6%
- #cacacalight grey · 11.2%
- #4d4d4ddark grey · 9.5%
The Black Book (Reign of Terror) (1949), shot by John Alton, is monochrome: across 59 sampled frames the palette carries effectively no colour, so its look is built from dark tonal range rather than hue. The single most common colour is near black (#050505), covering 24.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0 — more saturated than 0% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.358 — brighter than 14% of ranked films
Measured across 59 frames. See the frames on the The Black Book (Reign of Terror) page →
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