Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) colour palette
Directed by Jack Arnold · Shot by William E. Snyder
- #000000near black · 17.3%
- #878787mid grey · 16.4%
- #c7c7c7light grey · 15%
- #444444dark grey · 14.3%
- #fefefenear white · 13.4%
- #6a6a6amid grey · 8.6%
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), shot by William E. Snyder, is monochrome: across 88 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 (#000000), covering 17.3% 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
0.474 — brighter than 87% of ranked films
Measured across 88 frames. See the frames on the Creature from the Black Lagoon page →
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