Some people tend to compare the color theme of CSI:NY with the other CSI shows especially with CSI:Miami, and complain that the color theme of CSI:NY is too dark. But I beg to differ, like the other poster pointed out CSI:Miami uses brighter warmer colors, while CSI:NY uses slightly darker cooler colors, and I like the fact that they use different color themes for each of the different CSI shows, it sort of makes them each unique individually. I mean, the concept of every CSI show is basically the same, what really sets them apart (besides the characters) are the locations and color themes, the visual appeal of each show.
And the color themes are not just used randomly, they are used based on the location/city where a particular CSI show is set in, the different color themes reflect the city that the show is based in. So for the original CSI show which is set in Las Vegas, they use a more vivid colorful theme behind a dark backdrop to reflect the vividness of the city at night, and notice that most of the time when the LV team first arrives at a crime scene it's usually at night? That also further emphasizes the notion that Las Vegas really "comes to life" at night.
While CSI:Miami is based in Miami (even though it's filmed in LA), and when some people think of Miami, they tend to associate it with bright sunny beaches and more tropical holiday feel, just an overall brighter city, so brighter warmer colors are used for CSI:Miami. While NY is alot bigger and tends to be perceived by some people as a darker city, so darker cooler colors are used for CSI:NY to reflect the darker feel and bustle of NYC.
I think it's great that the different color themes are used to reflect the different cities, it really adds to the uniqueness of each CSI show, there may be alot of similarities between the CSI shows but they each also have their own uniquenesses too.
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