The White Ribbon (2009) colour palette
Directed by Michael Haneke · Shot by Christian Berger
- #020202near black · 19.1%
- #8b8b8bmid grey · 14.8%
- #cacacalight grey · 13%
- #313131dark grey · 12.4%
- #fcfcfcnear white · 12.1%
- #6d6d6dmid grey · 10.3%
The White Ribbon (2009), shot by Christian Berger, is monochrome: across 66 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
0.462 — brighter than 82% of ranked films
Measured across 66 frames. See the frames on the The White Ribbon page →
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