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The Rock (1996) colour palette

Directed by Michael Bay · Shot by John Schwartzman

The Rock (1996), shot by John Schwartzman, runs natural and balanced, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2d2f2f), covering 10.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

balanced

0.003 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.321 — more saturated than 78% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.39 — brighter than 34% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Rock page →

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