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Mad Max 2 (1981) colour palette

Directed by George Miller · Shot by Dean Semler

Mad Max 2 (1981), shot by Dean Semler, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 54 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#35302e), covering 11.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.728 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.232 — more saturated than 41% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.469 — brighter than 86% of ranked films

Measured across 54 frames. See the frames on the Mad Max 2 page →

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