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2012 (2009) colour palette

Directed by Roland Emmerich · Shot by Dean Semler

2012 (2009), shot by Dean Semler, runs muted and warm, measured across 225 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2e2e2d), covering 13.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.356 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.212 — more saturated than 30% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.369 — brighter than 20% of ranked films

Measured across 225 frames. See the frames on the 2012 page →

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