The Wages of Fear (1953) colour palette
Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot · Shot by Armand Thirard
- #030303near black · 15.6%
- #aeaeaelight grey · 15%
- #f8f8f8near white · 13.8%
- #313131dark grey · 11.9%
- #4c4c4cdark grey · 11.6%
- #747474mid grey · 11.3%
The Wages of Fear (1953), shot by Armand Thirard, 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 (#030303), covering 15.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0.001 — more saturated than 3% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.481 — brighter than 90% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Wages of Fear page →
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