The Virgin Spring (1960) colour palette
Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Shot by Sven Nykvist
- #030303near black · 14.3%
- #303030dark grey · 14%
- #8f8f8fmid grey · 13.7%
- #6e6e6emid grey · 13.7%
- #aeaeaelight grey · 13.3%
- #4b4b4bdark grey · 11.3%
The Virgin Spring (1960), shot by Sven Nykvist, is monochrome: across 60 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 14.3% 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
0.459 — brighter than 81% of ranked films
Measured across 60 frames. See the frames on the The Virgin Spring page →
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