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Star Wars: The Force Awakens poster

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) colour palette

Directed by J.J. Abrams · Shot by Dan Mindel

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), shot by Dan Mindel, runs natural and balanced, measured across 72 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is near black (#0d0d0e), covering 10.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

balanced

0.196 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.393 — more saturated than 91% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.368 — brighter than 20% of ranked films

Measured across 72 frames. See the frames on the Star Wars: The Force Awakens page →

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