The Blue Lamp (1950) colour palette
Directed by Basil Dearden · Shot by Gordon Dines
- #030303near black · 17.2%
- #cdcdcdlight grey · 14.8%
- #8a8a8amid grey · 14.5%
- #2d2d2ddark grey · 13.2%
- #4a4a4adark grey · 12%
- #fafafanear white · 10.5%
The Blue Lamp (1950), shot by Gordon Dines, 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 (#030303), covering 17.2% 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
0.459 — brighter than 81% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Blue Lamp page →
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