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Return Of The Jedi (1983) colour palette

Directed by Richard Marquand · Shot by Alec Mills

Return Of The Jedi (1983), shot by Alec Mills, runs muted and balanced, measured across 80 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is deep blue (#0b0b0e), covering 15.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

balanced

-0.037 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.293 — more saturated than 68% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.349 — brighter than 11% of ranked films

Measured across 80 frames. See the frames on the Return Of The Jedi page →

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