/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I'm going to be count orlok (nosferatu) for Halloween. I'm ready to pull the trigger on fabric for the coat, except there's one little problem. I honestly am a bit unsure whether I should make his coat gray or black. In some shots it looks completely black and in others it looks gray with darker cuffs. I feel like it would LOOK better in black, but accuracy is also important to me. It is a black and white film, so it could be brown or purple for all I know. The fabric I'll be using is boiled wool (~$40/yd) so it's not like I can buy the needed yardage in two different colors and make two coats.