The Magician (1958) colour palette
Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Shot by Gunnar Fischer
- #040404near black · 20.4%
- #323232dark grey · 16%
- #6e6e6emid grey · 14.7%
- #cececelight grey · 13.8%
- #919191mid grey · 11.6%
- #ababablight grey · 9.3%
The Magician (1958), shot by Gunnar Fischer, is monochrome: across 45 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 (#040404), covering 20.4% 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
0.433 — brighter than 63% of ranked films
Measured across 45 frames. See the frames on the The Magician page →
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