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Explorers (1985) colour palette

Directed by Joe Dante · Shot by John Hora

Explorers (1985), shot by John Hora, runs natural and balanced, measured across 59 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2c30), covering 6.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

balanced

-0.099 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.375 — more saturated than 89% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.384 — brighter than 29% of ranked films

Measured across 59 frames. See the frames on the Explorers page →

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