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Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure poster

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985) colour palette

Directed by Tim Burton · Shot by Victor J. Kemper

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985), shot by Victor J. Kemper, runs natural and warm, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are red and orange. The single most common colour is near white (#f5f5f3), covering 10% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.589 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.359 — more saturated than 86% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.469 — brighter than 85% of ranked films

Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure page →

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