Faust (1926) colour palette
Directed by F. W. Murnau · Shot by Carl Hoffmann
- #040404near black · 20.6%
- #2e2e2edark grey · 16%
- #8d8d8dmid grey · 16%
- #fafafanear white · 11.4%
- #4b4b4bdark grey · 11.1%
- #6c6c6cmid grey · 9.5%
Faust (1926), shot by Carl Hoffmann, 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 (#040404), covering 20.6% 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
0.421 — brighter than 55% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Faust page →
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