The Lives of Others (2006) colour palette
Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck · Shot by Hagen Bogdanski
- #30312cdark grey · 14.8%
- #0f0f0enear black · 12%
- #52534cdark grey · 10.2%
- #28251bdeep yellow · 6.5%
- #d2d2c9light grey · 4.6%
- #909088mid grey · 4.3%
The Lives of Others (2006), shot by Hagen Bogdanski, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#30312c), covering 14.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.759 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.136 — more saturated than 7% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.374 — brighter than 24% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Lives of Others page →
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