Variety Lights (1950) colour palette
Directed by Federico Fellini · Shot by Otello Martelli
- #010101near black · 20.6%
- #8e8e8emid grey · 15%
- #2f2f2fdark grey · 13.8%
- #cbcbcblight grey · 13.4%
- #6b6b6bmid grey · 12.2%
- #454545dark grey · 10%
Variety Lights (1950), shot by Otello Martelli, is monochrome: across 64 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 (#010101), covering 20.6% 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
0.424 — brighter than 56% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Variety Lights page →
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