Colour in...... Sin City

In the film/comic book Sin City by Frank Miller there is very little colour. Both are nearly completely black and white. However the interest in the scenes aren't lost because of the high contrast and seperation between the light and the dark. The lighter tones are almost pure white and the shadows are very dark, nearly black. Your eyes are drawn to the bright highlights which stand out against the shadows and the very few mid tones. The lighting in each scene is very dramatic to help reflect the contrast so that it makes sense. In the scene below the character in the foreground is where our attention is drawn to because of the bright white of the reflection in his glasses and the extreme highlights created by the lighting.