Big Trouble in Little China (1986) colour palette
Directed by John Carpenter · Shot by Dean Cundey
- #302e2edark grey · 9.1%
- #14110edeep orange · 7.2%
- #49372cdeep orange · 5.6%
- #515151dark grey · 4.1%
- #a98c71orange · 3.8%
- #876c52orange · 3.8%
Big Trouble in Little China (1986), shot by Dean Cundey, runs natural and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302e2e), covering 9.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.635 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
natural
0.303 — more saturated than 71% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.413 — brighter than 50% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Big Trouble in Little China page →
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