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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) colour palette

Directed by James Gunn · Shot by Henry Braham

The main colours of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) are pale orange (#fcfaf6) and orange (#8f7d6f), over a near-black base: a strongly warm, muted palette, measured across the film's frames.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), shot by Henry Braham, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 20 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302c2c), covering 10% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.607 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.268 — more saturated than 58% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.452 — brighter than 78% of ranked films

Measured across 20 frames. See the frames on the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 page →

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