Shock Corridor (1963) colour palette
Directed by Samuel Fuller · Shot by Stanley Cortez
- #010101near black · 18.2%
- #fbfcfcpale cyan · 15.1%
- #898989mid grey · 13.2%
- #303031dark grey · 11.1%
- #cacacalight grey · 11.1%
- #484848dark grey · 10.5%
Shock Corridor (1963), shot by Stanley Cortez, 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 (#010101), covering 18.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0.011 — more saturated than 4% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.479 — brighter than 89% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Shock Corridor page →
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