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American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987) colour palette

Directed by Sam Firstenberg · Shot by Gideon Porath

American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987), shot by Gideon Porath, runs muted and warm, measured across 145 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312f2c), covering 10.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.539 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.219 — more saturated than 34% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.471 — brighter than 86% of ranked films

Measured across 145 frames. See the frames on the American Ninja 2: The Confrontation page →

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