Dead of Night (1945) colour palette
Directed by Charles Crichton · Shot by Douglas Slocombe
- #090909near black · 15.4%
- #cdcdcdlight grey · 15.1%
- #8d8d8dmid grey · 14.2%
- #303030dark grey · 13.5%
- #6d6d6dmid grey · 11.4%
- #4b4b4bdark grey · 11.1%
Dead of Night (1945), shot by Douglas Slocombe, 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 (#090909), covering 15.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0.001 — more saturated than 3% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.468 — brighter than 85% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Dead of Night page →
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