Mark of the Vampire (1935) colour palette
Directed by Tod Browning · Shot by James Wong Howe
- #040404near black · 20.7%
- #2f2f2fdark grey · 16.3%
- #8f8f8fmid grey · 14.2%
- #6d6d6dmid grey · 13.2%
- #4b4b4bdark grey · 11.2%
- #cccccclight grey · 10.8%
Mark of the Vampire (1935), shot by James Wong Howe, is monochrome: across 60 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 20.7% 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
0.402 — brighter than 41% of ranked films
Measured across 60 frames. See the frames on the Mark of the Vampire page →
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