Is this update the GRAYEST ever?

Not all symbiotes look the same but these ones do. The question on everyone's mind is how these portraits stack up to the previous GOATs (Grayest Of All Time).

We have answered this by converting each character portrait into a grayscale version and measuring the Euclidean distance between each colour pixel and its grayscale version. An average distance is then calculated for each portrait. A lower distance means the portrait is closest to grayscale, a higher distance means it is more colourful.

This approach is not perfect (e.g. it seems to score pure-white or pure-black higher than a mix of white-and-black like Spot) but this is not that serious so it will have to do.

  • 50 Grayest Characters

    50 Grayest Characters

  • 50 Least-Gray Characters

    50 Least-Gray Characters

  • Update Rankings

    Update Rankings

    To answer the question we can now get an average grayness score across all the uniforms for a given update. This will only consider main updates, not mid-months (as some mid-months add a single character like Knull which defeats the purpose).

    The characters for each update are shown in order of grayness (most grayscale first).

    The answer is surprisingly NO! This update is not the Grayest Of All Time but it's pretty close.

    Top 5 Grayest Updates
    1. Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (8.8)
    1. Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (8.8)

    Average distance from grayscale: 6.91

    2. Symbiote and Spider-Man (10.5)
    2. Symbiote and Spider-Man (10.5)

    Average distance from grayscale: 7.03

    3. X-Force Vol.2 (9.3)
    3. X-Force Vol.2 (9.3)

    Average distance from grayscale: 7.57

    4. What If... Zombies?! (10.4)
    4. What If... Zombies?! (10.4)

    Average distance from grayscale: 8.71

    5. Invincible Iron Man (10.3)
    5. Invincible Iron Man (10.3)

    Average distance from grayscale: 8.86

    Top 5 Least-Gray Updates
    1. Fear Itself (8.3)
    1. Fear Itself (8.3)

    Average distance from grayscale: 16.18

    2. Marvel Universe (7.0)
    2. Marvel Universe (7.0)

    Average distance from grayscale: 15.78

    3. Goblin Queen (Part 1) (9.7)
    3. Goblin Queen (Part 1) (9.7)

    Average distance from grayscale: 15.52

    4. Fantastic Four (4.7)
    4. Fantastic Four (4.7)

    Average distance from grayscale: 15.39

    5. Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange (2.6)
    5. Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange (2.6)

    Average distance from grayscale: 15.36

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