Heartburn (1986) colour palette
Directed by Mike Nichols · Shot by Néstor Almendros
- #32312fdark grey · 15.7%
- #524f4bdark grey · 8.5%
- #d5d3cdlight grey · 5.9%
- #f8f7f7near white · 5.5%
- #131312near black · 4.7%
- #918875mid grey · 4%
Heartburn (1986), shot by Néstor Almendros, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 175 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#32312f), covering 15.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.701 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.176 — more saturated than 15% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.466 — brighter than 84% of ranked films
Measured across 175 frames. See the frames on the Heartburn page →
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