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Ghosts of Mars (2001) colour palette

Directed by John Carpenter · Shot by Gary B. Kibbe

Ghosts of Mars (2001), shot by Gary B. Kibbe, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 182 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is deep orange (#14110f), covering 13.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.948 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.263 — more saturated than 55% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.322 — brighter than 3% of ranked films

Measured across 182 frames. See the frames on the Ghosts of Mars page →

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