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From the Life of the Marionettes poster

From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) colour palette

Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Shot by Sven Nykvist

From the Life of the Marionettes (1980), shot by Sven Nykvist, runs heavily desaturated and null, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is near black (#030303), covering 16.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

null on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.054 — more saturated than 4% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.46 — brighter than 82% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the From the Life of the Marionettes page →

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