The Killers (1946) colour palette
Directed by Robert Siodmak · Shot by Elwood Bredell
- #040404near black · 18.8%
- #313131dark grey · 13.5%
- #707070mid grey · 13.2%
- #8e8e8emid grey · 12%
- #f5f5f5near white · 12%
- #cccccclight grey · 11.1%
The Killers (1946), shot by Elwood Bredell, 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 (#040404), covering 18.8% 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 Killers page →
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