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Days of Thunder (1990) colour palette

Directed by Tony Scott · Shot by Ward Russell

Days of Thunder (1990), shot by Ward Russell, runs muted and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2f2d), covering 10.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.425 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.282 — more saturated than 64% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.425 — brighter than 58% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Days of Thunder page →

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