blue hour
Twilight's cerulean phase
Blue hour is the period of twilight just before sunrise or after sunset when the sky takes on a deep blue tone.
Photographers and filmmakers prize this brief window—typically lasting twenty to forty minutes—for its soft, even light and atmospheric quality: We scheduled the shoot for blue hour to get that moody look.
- gloamingPoetic term for dusk
- twilightLight after sunset
- alpenglowSummit's reflected sunset color
- duskDimming after sundown
- eveningLate day period
afterglow · sunset · fading light · crepuscule · earthshine · dawn · early morning · soft glow · chiaroscuro · long exposure · landscape photography · nightfall · ambient light · violet · shadows · quiet streets · streetlights · city lights
- skyclouds, cloud, sun, moon, stars
- nighttimemidnight, nightfall, night sky, nighttime, starry sky
- dim lighttwilight, dusk, gloaming, half-light, semidarkness
- sky conditionsclear, clear sky, cloudy, overcast, partly cloudy
- sky photographysunset photos, sunrise photos, astrophotography, night sky, cloudscapes
- sunrise/sunsetdawn, dusk, twilight, daybreak, nightfall
blue hourgolden hour
Warm-lit period near sunset
magic hour · golden light · amber light · warm light · sunrise glow
blue hourbroad daylight
Fully visible daytime conditions
full sun · midday · high noon · bright sunlight · pitch black
blue, hour, blues, hours, hourly, bluish, bluer, bluebird, hourglass