Colour Grading is a technique used in video production and videography to adjust the colour and lighting of footage. It is often applied with software like Adobe Camera Raw, DaVinci Resolve or Apple Color. Different types of grading can be employed: – “Hue” – changes only one colour from grey scale (e.g., blue) to another (e.g., purple) – “Saturation” – changes the degree of saturation (e.g., how brightly coloured or pastel) to be – “Luminance” – adjusts brightness so that black and white footage gradually becomes tinted with colour – “Hue/saturation” – combines hue, saturation, and luminance changes – “Hue/luminance” – combines hue, saturation and luminance changes – “Luminance/saturation” – adjusts brightness so that black and white footage gradually becomes tinted with colour by reducing its saturation. Colour grading can drastically alter footage to emphasise a ‘mood’ of particular scenes. You may notice scenes filmed to demonstrate colder darker environments are often de-saturated and are coloured with blue tones. Scenes filmed to emphasise a hotter and drier environment are often tinted yellow.