Blue hour

What it is

After sunset the sky turns deep blue and city lights begin to glow.

When to use it

Melancholy, stillness, transition, city-at-dusk openings.

When not to

Warm or bright moods.

Often confused with

• Golden hour

  Golden hour is warm direct sunlight.

Common generation mistakes

• SymptomIt turns into full night or daytime.

  FixState the cool blue sky just after sunset with lights just turning on.

Combinations Rolin checks

• Warning

  Blue hour calls for a cool colour temperature (7000K or more)

• Warning

  A black-and-white image loses neon, golden-hour or blue-hour colour

• Warning

  Sepia and silent-film tinting are monochrome and lose neon, golden-hour or blue-hour colour