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Merantau (2009) colour palette

Directed by Gareth Evans · Shot by Matt Flannery

Merantau (2009), shot by Matt Flannery, runs natural and balanced, measured across 63 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#30302e), covering 5.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

0.201 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.417 — more saturated than 93% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.4 — brighter than 39% of ranked films

Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the Merantau page →

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