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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 poster

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012) colour palette

Directed by Jay Oliva

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012) runs muted and warm, measured across 133 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is near black (#0d0d0e), covering 12.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.333 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.26 — more saturated than 54% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.39 — brighter than 33% of ranked films

Measured across 133 frames. See the frames on the Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 page →

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