The Ox-Bow Incident (1942) colour palette
Directed by William A. Wellman · Shot by Arthur C. Miller
- #020202near black · 19.1%
- #909090mid grey · 16.1%
- #303030dark grey · 14.8%
- #cbcbcblight grey · 13.9%
- #6c6c6cmid grey · 13%
- #484848dark grey · 8.7%
The Ox-Bow Incident (1942), shot by Arthur C. Miller, is monochrome: across 46 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 19.1% 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
0.43 — brighter than 61% of ranked films
Measured across 46 frames. See the frames on the The Ox-Bow Incident page →
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