The Man Who Laughs (1928) colour palette
Directed by Paul Leni · Shot by Gilbert Warrenton
- #020202near black · 20%
- #323232dark grey · 15.1%
- #8b8b8bmid grey · 14.7%
- #fbfbfbnear white · 13.3%
- #cccccclight grey · 11.6%
- #6e6e6emid grey · 9.8%
The Man Who Laughs (1928), shot by Gilbert Warrenton, is monochrome: across 57 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 20% 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
0.456 — brighter than 80% of ranked films
Measured across 57 frames. See the frames on the The Man Who Laughs page →
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