Eraserhead (1977) colour palette
Directed by David Lynch · Shot by Herbert Cardwell
- #070707near black · 24.7%
- #2d2d2ddark grey · 16.6%
- #4c4c4cdark grey · 14.7%
- #6b6b6bmid grey · 12.2%
- #8d8d8dmid grey · 11.9%
- #cccccclight grey · 7.5%
Eraserhead (1977), shot by Herbert Cardwell, is monochrome: across 64 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 24.7% 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
0.359 — brighter than 15% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Eraserhead page →
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