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Avatar (2009) colour palette

Directed by James Cameron · Shot by Mauro Fiore

Avatar (2009), shot by Mauro Fiore, runs vivid and cool, measured across 92 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and cyan. The single most common colour is dark grey (#293331), covering 5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

cool

-0.533 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

vivid

0.471 — more saturated than 96% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.387 — brighter than 32% of ranked films

Measured across 92 frames. See the frames on the Avatar page →

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