A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) colour palette
Directed by Wes Craven · Shot by Jacques Haitkin
- #0e0a0cdeep magenta · 9.1%
- #302a28dark grey · 7.6%
- #11152bdeep blue · 5.5%
- #281510deep red · 4.7%
- #f3f2f0near white · 4%
- #2a2f4adeep blue · 3.3%
A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984), shot by Jacques Haitkin, runs natural and balanced, measured across 55 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and red. The single most common colour is deep magenta (#0e0a0c), covering 9.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
balanced
0.066 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
natural
0.3 — more saturated than 70% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.373 — brighter than 23% of ranked films
Measured across 55 frames. See the frames on the A Nightmare On Elm Street page →
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