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title: "Build a Creative Color Grading Look: Teal, Film and Grain"
description: "A creative look built step by step on a golden-hour clip: a neutral correction first, then teal shadows and warm highlights on the Look layer, skin protected…"
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# Build a Creative Color Grading Look: Teal, Film and Grain

* Duration:  0:44
* Published: November 5, 2026
* English captions

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A creative look built step by step on a golden-hour clip: a neutral correction first, then teal shadows and warm highlights on the Look layer, skin protected, a film-style curve, grain, halation and a vignette, and finally the restraint of a lower Opacity.

[ Color grading tutorial · chapter 9 Creative Color Grading: How to Build a Look Build a look on top of a correction: complementary colour, film-style contrast and texture, split toning, black and white, and the restraint that holds it together.  Read the chapter ](https://colorgrade.video/color-grading-tutorial/creative-looks) 

## Key moments

1. [ Correct first , starts at  0:00 ](#t=0)
2. [ Build the look , starts at  0:04 ](#t=4)
3. [ Texture and finish , starts at  0:22 ](#t=22)
4. [ Restraint , starts at  0:30 ](#t=30)
5. [ Try it yourself , starts at  0:42 ](#t=42)

## Transcript

### Correct first  0:00

1. [ 0:01 Auto colour sets a neutral correction first, so the look is built on balanced footage. ](#t=1)

### Build the look  0:04

1. [ 0:04 On the Look layer, Lift goes towards teal and Gain towards orange: complementary colours pull the subject away from the background. ](#t=4)
2. [ 0:10 Protect skin tones holds the face back from the look, and its cluster returns to the skin tone line on the vectorscope. ](#t=10)
3. [ 0:14 A gentle S-curve with a lifted toe and a softer top gives print-like contrast. ](#t=14)

### Texture and finish  0:22

1. [ 0:22 Fine grain and a touch of halation round the sun add film texture. ](#t=22)
2. [ 0:27 A slight vignette guides the eye to the subject without being noticed. ](#t=27)

### Restraint  0:30

1. [ 0:30 Restraint: the Look layer at 75% Opacity reads as a film rather than a filter. ](#t=30)
2. [ 0:37 Split compare against the original: same scene, now with a deliberate look. ](#t=37)

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