Sunrise (1927) colour palette
Directed by F. W. Murnau · Shot by Karl Struss
- #060606near black · 21.4%
- #8e8e8emid grey · 16.7%
- #2e2e2edark grey · 13.5%
- #4b4b4bdark grey · 13%
- #cbcbcblight grey · 12.1%
- #696969mid grey · 11.6%
Sunrise (1927), shot by Karl Struss, is monochrome: across 43 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 (#060606), covering 21.4% 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
0.402 — brighter than 41% of ranked films
Measured across 43 frames. See the frames on the Sunrise page →
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