Persona (1966) colour palette
Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Shot by Sven Nykvist
- #010101near black · 19.1%
- #2f2f2fdark grey · 15.4%
- #8a8a8amid grey · 14.8%
- #cccccclight grey · 13.5%
- #fdfdfdnear white · 11.4%
- #6e6e6emid grey · 8.9%
Persona (1966), shot by Sven Nykvist, is monochrome: across 65 sampled frames the palette carries effectively no colour, so its look is built from mid-key tonal range rather than hue. The single most common colour is near black (#010101), covering 19.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0 — more saturated than 0% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.45 — brighter than 77% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Persona page →
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