Wings Of Desire (1987) colour palette
Directed by Wim Wenders · Shot by Henri Alekan
- #302e2cdark grey · 13.5%
- #52504ddark grey · 9.8%
- #d1cfcblight grey · 9.5%
- #100f0fnear black · 8.6%
- #8e8c88mid grey · 8%
- #706e6amid grey · 7.1%
Wings Of Desire (1987), shot by Henri Alekan, runs heavily desaturated 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 (#302e2c), covering 13.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.655 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.124 — more saturated than 6% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.468 — brighter than 85% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Wings Of Desire page →
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