It's color grading for DPs who aren't good at color grading, a shortcut to something that "looks cool." Some of the best color grading I've seen in the past fe

It's color grading for DPs who aren't good at color grading, a shortcut to something that "looks cool." Some of the best color grading I've seen in the past few years has actually been on Game of Thrones, where good color grading is used to cement the aesthetic of the show's many different locales - it's to the point now where in this season's premiere, I could tell the instant an establishing shot came on screen where the scene was taking place: "Look at those vivid greens and turquoises; we're in Dorne!" or "Misty blues and tans, must be Braavos!"