The Day After colour palette
Directed by Nicholas Meyer · Shot by Gayne Rescher
- #020202near black · 16.9%
- #fdfdfdnear white · 16.2%
- #8a8a8amid grey · 13.8%
- #c9c9c9light grey · 12.3%
- #303030dark grey · 11.5%
- #6d6d6dmid grey · 10.8%
The Day After, shot by Gayne Rescher, is monochrome: across 26 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 16.9% 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
0.482 — brighter than 90% of ranked films
Measured across 26 frames. See the frames on the The Day After page →
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