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Heart of Glass poster

Heart of Glass (1976) colour palette

Directed by Werner Herzog · Shot by Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

Heart of Glass (1976), shot by Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 53 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#31302e), covering 13.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.66 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.186 — more saturated than 19% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.385 — brighter than 29% of ranked films

Measured across 53 frames. See the frames on the Heart of Glass page →

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