It's not just films, a lot of TV programmes are heading that way too. One example is the recently released adaptation of Great Expectations[1]. It's not just

It's not just films, a lot of TV programmes are heading that way too. One example is the recently released adaptation of Great Expectations[1]. It's not just the overall darkness, but general lack of colour which is striking to me. I think this is just an artistic style and the next stage of colour grading from the Teal & Orange[2] trends of a few years ago. You get used to it when watching a programme and forget what full colour actually looks like. Watching old films, something like the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia[3] highlighted it for me, really shows how much colour has been drained from modern film & TV productions. [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/great-expectations-air-date-confirmed-trailer https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/great-expectations-ai... [2] https://theabyssgazes.blogspot.com/2010/03/teal-and-orange-hollywood-please-stop.html https://theabyssgazes.blogspot.com/2010/03/teal-and-orange-h... [3] I think the recent remasters release may have some colour grading in too though, just looking at some scenes they are darker!