Nightmare Alley (1947) colour palette
Directed by Edmund Goulding · Shot by Lee Garmes
- #010101near black · 20.4%
- #8e8e8emid grey · 16.5%
- #303030dark grey · 15.8%
- #cacacalight grey · 13.5%
- #6b6b6bmid grey · 11.5%
- #fcfcfcnear white · 10%
Nightmare Alley (1947), shot by Lee Garmes, is monochrome: across 52 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 (#010101), covering 20.4% 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
0.429 — brighter than 60% of ranked films
Measured across 52 frames. See the frames on the Nightmare Alley page →
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