Eraserhead (1977) colour palette
Directed by David Lynch · Shot by Herbert Cardwell
Eraserhead (1977) has a monochrome look: its frames read in tone rather than colour.
- #070707near black · 23.7%
- #2d2d2ddark grey · 16.3%
- #4c4c4cdark grey · 14.6%
- #8d8d8dmid grey · 12.9%
- #6c6c6cmid grey · 11.9%
- #cccccclight grey · 7.8%
Eraserhead (1977), shot by Herbert Cardwell, is monochrome: across 59 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 (#070707), covering 23.7% 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
0.367 — brighter than 18% of ranked films
Measured across 59 frames. See the frames on the Eraserhead page →
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