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Super (2010) colour palette

Directed by James Gunn · Shot by Steve Gainer

The main colours of Super (2010) are deep orange (#48362d), over a near-black base: a strongly warm, muted palette, measured across the film's frames.

Super (2010), shot by Steve Gainer, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#332f2b), covering 10.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.674 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.291 — more saturated than 67% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.434 — brighter than 64% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Super page →

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