The Secret Son (1979) colour palette
Directed by Lindsay Shonteff
- #4b4b4bdark grey · 15.9%
- #2b2b2bdark grey · 13.8%
- #aeaeaelight grey · 13.8%
- #888888mid grey · 13.8%
- #050505near black · 13.1%
- #cbcbcblight grey · 10.3%
The Secret Son (1979) is monochrome: across 29 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 dark grey (#4b4b4b), covering 15.9% 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
0.458 — brighter than 81% of ranked films
Measured across 29 frames. See the frames on the The Secret Son page →
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