The Seventh Seal (1957) colour palette
Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Shot by Gunnar Fischer
- #020202near black · 18.1%
- #8e8e8emid grey · 15.2%
- #313131dark grey · 14%
- #cbcbcblight grey · 13.3%
- #6c6c6cmid grey · 12.7%
- #494949dark grey · 10.5%
The Seventh Seal (1957), shot by Gunnar Fischer, is monochrome: across 64 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 (#020202), covering 18.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Colour
Monochrome
below 0.05 mean saturation
Saturation
monochrome
0.001 — more saturated than 3% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.437 — brighter than 68% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the The Seventh Seal page →
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