The Fearmakers (1958) colour palette
Directed by Jacques Tourneur · Shot by Sam Leavitt
- #020202near black · 18.6%
- #323232dark grey · 14.4%
- #717171mid grey · 13%
- #fefefenear white · 12.6%
- #8b8b8bmid grey · 12.1%
- #aeaeaelight grey · 11.2%
The Fearmakers (1958), shot by Sam Leavitt, is monochrome: across 43 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 18.6% 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
0.46 — brighter than 82% of ranked films
Measured across 43 frames. See the frames on the The Fearmakers page →
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