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Iron Man (2008) colour palette

Directed by Jon Favreau · Shot by Matthew Libatique

Iron Man (2008), shot by Matthew Libatique, runs muted and balanced, measured across 68 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is near black (#0d0e0d), covering 8.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

balanced

0.117 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.235 — more saturated than 42% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.395 — brighter than 37% of ranked films

Measured across 68 frames. See the frames on the Iron Man page →

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