Dracula (1931) colour palette
Directed by Tod Browning · Shot by Karl Freund
- #060606near black · 21.6%
- #2e2e2edark grey · 17.4%
- #6c6c6cmid grey · 14.4%
- #4b4b4bdark grey · 13.8%
- #8e8e8emid grey · 12.5%
- #cccccclight grey · 7.9%
Dracula (1931), shot by Karl Freund, is monochrome: across 61 sampled frames the palette carries effectively no colour, so its look is built from dark tonal range rather than hue. The single most common colour is near black (#060606), covering 21.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0 — more saturated than 0% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.372 — brighter than 21% of ranked films
Measured across 61 frames. See the frames on the Dracula page →
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