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Back To The Future Part III poster

Back To The Future Part III (1990) colour palette

Directed by Robert Zemeckis · Shot by Dean Cundey

Back To The Future Part III (1990), shot by Dean Cundey, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 66 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is deep orange (#362f28), covering 8.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.731 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.243 — more saturated than 46% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.386 — brighter than 31% of ranked films

Measured across 66 frames. See the frames on the Back To The Future Part III page →

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