Night of the Living Dead (1968) colour palette
Directed by George A. Romero · Shot by George A. Romero
- #020202near black · 16.8%
- #898989mid grey · 13.5%
- #2d2d2ddark grey · 13.2%
- #f9f9f9near white · 12.9%
- #494949dark grey · 12.6%
- #cbcbcblight grey · 11.9%
Night of the Living Dead (1968), shot by George A. Romero, is monochrome: across 62 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 (#020202), covering 16.8% 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
0.467 — brighter than 84% of ranked films
Measured across 62 frames. See the frames on the Night of the Living Dead page →
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