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Xanadu poster

Xanadu (1980) colour palette

Directed by Robert Greenwald · Shot by Victor J. Kemper

Xanadu (1980), shot by Victor J. Kemper, runs natural and warm, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is deep red (#0c090a), covering 8.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.384 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.407 — more saturated than 92% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.471 — brighter than 86% of ranked films

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

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