Bristol trip-hop turned the comedown into a visual language: matte near-black fields, underexposed macro photography, and clinical grotesque type set with surgical restraint. Massive Attack's Mezzanine, Portishead's Dummy and Tricky's Maxinquaye share a gunmetal palette — cold slate, ash, metallic gray — broken only by one warm copper flame.

This is menacing minimalism. Heavy film grain sits over black; white-on-black caption blocks carry the data; nothing is festive, nothing is bright. The metallic undertone and shadow do the work, and a single amber accent earns its place precisely because everything else is desaturated.