The Grapes of Wrath (1940) colour palette
Directed by John Ford · Shot by Gregg Toland
- #040404near black · 19.4%
- #2f2f2fdark grey · 16.9%
- #8f8f8fmid grey · 15.7%
- #6c6c6bmid grey · 12.6%
- #4d4c4cdark grey · 11.7%
- #cbcbcblight grey · 10.2%
The Grapes of Wrath (1940), shot by Gregg Toland, is monochrome: across 65 sampled frames the palette carries effectively no colour, so its look is built from dark tonal range rather than hue. The single most common colour is near black (#040404), covering 19.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0.001 — more saturated than 3% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.399 — brighter than 39% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Grapes of Wrath page →
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