The Lighthouse (2019) colour palette
Directed by Robert Eggers · Shot by Jarin Blaschke
- #070707near black · 22.2%
- #2c2c2cdark grey · 19.7%
- #4b4b4bdark grey · 18.2%
- #6b6b6bmid grey · 12.9%
- #8e8e8emid grey · 12%
- #aeaeaelight grey · 5.5%
The Lighthouse (2019), shot by Jarin Blaschke, 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 (#070707), covering 22.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0 — more saturated than 0% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.336 — brighter than 7% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Lighthouse page →
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