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The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant (1972) colour palette

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Shot by Michael Ballhaus

The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant (1972), shot by Michael Ballhaus, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is pale yellow (#f8f7f3), covering 7.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits bright.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.852 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.293 — more saturated than 68% of ranked films

Luminance

bright

0.541 — brighter than 98% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant page →

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