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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) colour palette

Directed by James Cameron · Shot by Russell Carpenter

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), shot by Russell Carpenter, runs natural and cool, measured across 109 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and cyan. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2c3132), covering 6.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

cool

-0.337 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.406 — more saturated than 92% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.428 — brighter than 60% of ranked films

Measured across 109 frames. See the frames on the Avatar: The Way of Water page →

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