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Life of Pi poster

Life of Pi (2012) colour palette

Directed by Ang Lee · Shot by Claudio Miranda

Life of Pi (2012), shot by Claudio Miranda, runs natural and balanced, measured across 71 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#30312f), covering 7.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

0.041 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.376 — more saturated than 89% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.44 — brighter than 70% of ranked films

Measured across 71 frames. See the frames on the Life of Pi page →

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