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Predator poster

Predator (1987) colour palette

Directed by John McTiernan · Shot by Donald McAlpine

Predator (1987), shot by Donald McAlpine, runs natural and warm, measured across 66 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are green and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#31322d), covering 12.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.532 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.308 — more saturated than 73% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.302 — brighter than 1% of ranked films

Measured across 66 frames. See the frames on the Predator page →

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