When looking for more information about the story, I kept on stumbling across different variations of the story. To make matters majorly confusing, a completely different story 'Tsarvana Frog' (the Frog Princess) was produced under the name 'Vasilisa the Beautiful' and variations of THAT folk tale come up when searching for Vasilisa.
I watched a little bit of this animation anyway because I was quite enchanted by the folk colours used. It's very 70's, hence the kitsch, comic illustration, but the colours are earthy shades of yellow, reds and greens - dingy colours you'd see painted on the side of a canal boat that have a folky charm.
I took a screen grab of the video and opened it on Photoshop to select the main colours and create a colour palette from it. They're beautiful but perhaps not scary enough for a 'haunted' fairy tale? Paired with black, though, this adds more contrast and makes them look older, more dated, which I like.
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