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Nosferatu (1922) colour palette

Directed by F. W. Murnau · Shot by Günther Krampf

Nosferatu (1922), shot by Günther Krampf, runs vivid and balanced, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are cyan and orange. The single most common colour is deep cyan (#0d312a), covering 8.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

balanced

0.245 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

vivid

0.456 — more saturated than 95% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.345 — brighter than 10% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Nosferatu page →

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