The Silence (1963) colour palette
Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Shot by Sven Nykvist
- #030303near black · 18%
- #2f2f2fdark grey · 13.4%
- #8b8b8bmid grey · 13.4%
- #494949dark grey · 11.8%
- #f9f9f9near white · 11.1%
- #6f6f6fmid grey · 10.8%
The Silence (1963), shot by Sven Nykvist, is monochrome: across 61 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 (#030303), covering 18% 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
0.447 — brighter than 75% of ranked films
Measured across 61 frames. See the frames on the The Silence page →
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