A Night at the Opera (1935) colour palette
Directed by Sam Wood · Shot by Merritt B. Gerstad
- #020202near black · 19%
- #8a8a8amid grey · 15.2%
- #c9c9c9light grey · 14.5%
- #fbfbfbnear white · 11%
- #454545dark grey · 11%
- #303030dark grey · 11%
A Night at the Opera (1935), shot by Merritt B. Gerstad, is monochrome: across 58 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% 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
0.456 — brighter than 80% of ranked films
Measured across 58 frames. See the frames on the A Night at the Opera page →
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