It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) colour palette
Directed by Frank Capra · Shot by Joseph F. Biroc
- #030303near black · 17.8%
- #8e8e8emid grey · 14.2%
- #2f2f2fdark grey · 13.5%
- #fcfcfcnear white · 11.4%
- #6e6e6emid grey · 11.1%
- #b2b2b2light grey · 11.1%
It’s A Wonderful Life (1946), shot by Joseph F. Biroc, is monochrome: across 65 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 17.8% 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
0.46 — brighter than 82% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the It’s A Wonderful Life page →
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