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Beetlejuice (1988) colour palette

Directed by Tim Burton · Shot by Thomas E. Ackerman

The main colours of Beetlejuice (1988) are deep blue (#0d0f2e), deep red (#2a1410) and deep orange (#49352d), over a near-black base: a balanced, natural palette, measured across the film's frames.

Beetlejuice (1988), shot by Thomas E. Ackerman, runs natural and balanced, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is deep green (#0a0d09), covering 9.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

balanced

0.225 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.413 — more saturated than 93% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.384 — brighter than 29% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Beetlejuice page →

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