The Haunting (1963) colour palette
Directed by Robert Wise · Shot by Davis Boulton
- #040404near black · 20%
- #2f2f2fdark grey · 15.7%
- #6e6e6emid grey · 12.3%
- #8e8e8emid grey · 12.3%
- #484848dark grey · 11.7%
- #cccccclight grey · 10.8%
The Haunting (1963), shot by Davis Boulton, 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 (#040404), covering 20% 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
0.418 — brighter than 52% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Haunting page →
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