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Starman poster

Starman (1984) colour palette

Directed by John Carpenter · Shot by Donald M. Morgan

Starman (1984), shot by Donald M. Morgan, runs muted and warm, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is near black (#0d0b0c), covering 9.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.382 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.298 — more saturated than 69% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.393 — brighter than 34% of ranked films

Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Starman page →

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