The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001) colour palette
Directed by Joel Coen · Shot by Roger Deakins
- #020202near black · 20.3%
- #fefefenear white · 13.9%
- #8b8b8bmid grey · 13.9%
- #303030dark grey · 13.4%
- #c9c9c9light grey · 11.4%
- #6f6f6fmid grey · 10.6%
The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001), shot by Roger Deakins, is monochrome: across 79 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 20.3% 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
0.455 — brighter than 80% of ranked films
Measured across 79 frames. See the frames on the The Man Who Wasn’t There page →
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