The Wolf Man (1941) colour palette
Directed by George Waggner · Shot by Joseph A. Valentine
- #040404near black · 21.3%
- #2e2e2edark grey · 16.1%
- #6c6c6cmid grey · 14.1%
- #8f8f8fmid grey · 14.1%
- #494949dark grey · 12.8%
- #c9c9c9light grey · 9.2%
The Wolf Man (1941), shot by Joseph A. Valentine, is monochrome: across 62 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 21.3% 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
0.383 — brighter than 28% of ranked films
Measured across 62 frames. See the frames on the The Wolf Man page →
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