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Life is Beautiful (1997) colour palette

Directed by Roberto Benigni · Shot by Tonino Delli Colli

Life is Beautiful (1997), shot by Tonino Delli Colli, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#32312e), covering 13.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.555 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.178 — more saturated than 16% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.438 — brighter than 68% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Life is Beautiful page →

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