Seedance 2.0 Lighting and Color Recipes (12 Looks You Can Reuse)

Lighting is mood. Color is meaning. If your clips feel "AI-ish", the fix is often not more detail, but a clearer lighting plan.

Below are reusable lighting and color recipes. Each one includes a short prompt block you can paste into any scene.

How to use these recipes

Write your scene first, then append one recipe block at the end. Keep it simple:

Scene: [who/what], [where], [action], [camera].
Lighting/Color: [paste recipe].

1. Neon noir (pink/blue split)

Lighting: hard neon key from camera-left (hot pink), cool cyan fill from camera-right.
Environment: wet surfaces for reflections, light haze for glow.
Color grade: high contrast, deep blacks, saturated neon highlights.

2. Golden hour hero (warm sun + soft shadows)

Lighting: low-angle warm sunlight, soft shadows, gentle rim light on edges.
Color grade: warm highlights, slightly cool shadows, natural skin tones, subtle film grain.

3. Blue hour melancholy (cool ambient + practicals)

Lighting: cool ambient skylight, warm practicals (street lamps/windows) as accents.
Color grade: teal-blue mids, warm practical highlights, low saturation overall.

4. Soft commercial (product / beauty)

Lighting: large soft key, clean fill, controlled highlights, minimal shadow noise.
Color grade: bright, airy, clean whites, gentle bloom, crisp detail.

5. Hard sun + heat haze (desert realism)

Lighting: harsh midday sun, sharp shadows, bright specular highlights.
Atmosphere: heat haze shimmer, dust in the air, sun glare.
Color grade: warm, slightly desaturated, high clarity.

6. Candlelit intimacy (warm practical only)

Lighting: candle/practical motivated warm light only, soft falloff, deep shadows.
Color grade: warm amber highlights, rich blacks, subtle flicker.

7. Moonlit silhouette (rim light + fog)

Lighting: strong cool rim light from behind, subject mostly in silhouette.
Atmosphere: fog/haze to catch beams, soft bloom around highlights.
Color grade: cool monochrome with subtle cyan.

8. Cyberpunk rain (specular city glow)

Lighting: mixed neon signage, reflections on wet asphalt, backlit rain streaks.
Camera: shallow depth of field, bokeh neon, lens flares.

9. Horror flashlight (single moving source)

Lighting: single flashlight beam as key, jittering shadows, darkness swallowing the frame.
Color grade: cold, low saturation, crushed blacks, occasional blown highlights.

10. Studio interview (classic 3-point)

Lighting: key at 45 degrees, soft fill, clean rim light, controlled background practical.
Color grade: natural, balanced skin tones, low contrast.

11. Anime glow (stylized rim + color-coded effects)

Lighting: strong rim light, stylized gradients, high saturation.
Effects: energy glow in [color], particles, speed lines (subtle).

12. Documentary daylight (realistic, imperfect)

Lighting: natural daylight, imperfect exposure, slight handheld micro-jitter, realistic shadows.
Color grade: mild, natural, minimal stylization.

Fixing common lighting problems

• Looks flat: add a rim light or a motivated practical.
• Looks noisy: switch to a soft key and reduce contrast.
• Colors fight each other: pick a two-color scheme (warm vs cool) and stick to it.
• Highlights blow out: specify "controlled highlights" and "no overexposure".

Want ready-made examples? Browse categories and look for prompts that mention lighting explicitly: browse categories.