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Super 8 (2011) colour palette

Directed by J.J. Abrams · Shot by Larry Fong

The main colours of Super 8 (2011) are deep cyan (#15282c), cyan (#354b51) and deep blue (#121a22), over a near-black base: a balanced, muted palette, measured across the film's frames.

Super 8 (2011), shot by Larry Fong, runs muted and balanced, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is near black (#101314), covering 11.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

balanced

0.052 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.272 — more saturated than 59% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.361 — brighter than 15% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Super 8 page →

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