Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) colour palette
Directed by John Ford · Shot by Bert Glennon
- #030303near black · 16.9%
- #2e2e2edark grey · 13.5%
- #6e6e6emid grey · 12.6%
- #8e8e8emid grey · 12.6%
- #cececelight grey · 11.7%
- #4b4b4bdark grey · 11.7%
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), shot by Bert Glennon, 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 16.9% 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
0.452 — brighter than 78% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Young Mr. Lincoln page →
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