The Elephant Man (1980) colour palette
Directed by David Lynch · Shot by Freddie Francis
- #030303near black · 21%
- #2e2e2edark grey · 16.7%
- #8a8a8amid grey · 13.3%
- #4b4b4bdark grey · 11.7%
- #cccccclight grey · 11%
- #6d6d6dmid grey · 10%
The Elephant Man (1980), shot by Freddie Francis, is monochrome: across 60 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 (#030303), covering 21% 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
0.412 — brighter than 49% of ranked films
Measured across 60 frames. See the frames on the The Elephant Man page →
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