La Dolce Vita (1960) colour palette
Directed by Federico Fellini · Shot by Otello Martelli
- #030303near black · 15.7%
- #898989mid grey · 14.8%
- #4a4a4adark grey · 13.2%
- #fbfbfbnear white · 12.6%
- #cccccclight grey · 12.3%
- #aeaeaelight grey · 11.4%
La Dolce Vita (1960), shot by Otello Martelli, 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 15.7% 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
0.482 — brighter than 90% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the La Dolce Vita page →
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