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The Aviator poster

The Aviator (2004) colour palette

Directed by Martin Scorsese · Shot by Robert Richardson

The Aviator (2004), shot by Robert Richardson, runs natural and warm, measured across 70 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is deep orange (#120e0c), covering 8.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.536 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.355 — more saturated than 85% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.415 — brighter than 50% of ranked films

Measured across 70 frames. See the frames on the The Aviator page →

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