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Ghostbusters 2 poster

Ghostbusters 2 (1989) colour palette

Directed by Ivan Reitman · Shot by Michael Chapman

Ghostbusters 2 (1989), shot by Michael Chapman, runs natural and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#332d2c), covering 10.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.585 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.33 — more saturated than 80% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.409 — brighter than 47% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Ghostbusters 2 page →

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