dark palette
Shadowy color scheme
A dark palette is a color scheme dominated by deep, muted, or shadowy tones—blacks, charcoals, navy, burgundy, forest green.
The term appears in visual arts, interior design, fashion, and digital interfaces: The film's dark palette reflected its somber themes.
In image editing software, dark palette may also refer to a dark-mode interface skin.
- moodyProne to sullenness
- shadowyObscured by darkness
- mutedMade quieter or softer
- desaturatedReduced in color intensity
- noirHard-boiled film genre
deep shadows · film noir · low key lighting · charcoal · midnight · somber · brooding · inky · burgundy · forest · slate · deep · rich · gothic · old masters · dramatic · atmospheric · earthy
- color schemesmonochromatic, complementary, analogous, triadic, neutral
- horrorhorror, terror, fear, dread, haunted
- David FincherFight Club, Gone Girl, The Social Network, The Game, Panic Room
- nocturnenight sky, midnight, moonlight, nightfall, nocturnal