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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides poster

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides colour palette

Directed by Rob Marshall · Shot by Dariusz Wolski

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, shot by Dariusz Wolski, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302e2a), covering 12.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.722 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.275 — more saturated than 61% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.309 — brighter than 1% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides page →

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