The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960) colour palette
Directed by Fritz Lang · Shot by Karl Löb
- #010101near black · 19%
- #fdfdfdnear white · 16.9%
- #c7c7c7light grey · 13.8%
- #868686mid grey · 13.3%
- #424242dark grey · 12.3%
- #747474mid grey · 9.7%
The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960), shot by Karl Löb, is monochrome: across 39 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 19% 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
0.486 — brighter than 91% of ranked films
Measured across 39 frames. See the frames on the The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse page →
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