Sawdust and Tinsel (1953) colour palette
Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Shot by Sven Nykvist
- #2e2e2edark grey · 17.5%
- #040404near black · 16%
- #8d8d8dmid grey · 14.5%
- #6d6d6dmid grey · 13.1%
- #4b4b4bdark grey · 12.7%
- #cdcdcdlight grey · 11.6%
Sawdust and Tinsel (1953), shot by Sven Nykvist, is monochrome: across 55 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 dark grey (#2e2e2e), covering 17.5% 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
0.419 — brighter than 53% of ranked films
Measured across 55 frames. See the frames on the Sawdust and Tinsel page →
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