
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) colour palette
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Shot by Michael Ballhaus
- #332e2adark grey · 10.2%
- #120f0edeep orange · 8%
- #48372ddeep orange · 6.8%
- #4f4634orange · 4.6%
- #cfb491orange · 4.3%
- #261a14deep orange · 4%
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979), 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 dark grey (#332e2a), covering 10.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.794 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.255 — more saturated than 52% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.402 — brighter than 41% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Marriage of Maria Braun page →
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