History YMMV / ColorOfNight

* HilariousInHindsight:
** Creator/BruceWillis plays [[Film/TheSixthSense a shrink whose patient commits suicide in front of him. And it's also in a Disney film.]]
** In one shot, [[WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}} an ape statue]] is held in front of Creator/LanceHenriksen's face.
** A woman played by a British actress [[spoiler: passes herself off as male]], and has considerable sexual tension with [[Film/VictorVictoria Lesley Ann Warren]].
** This isn't the first Disney production where [[Series/TheGoldenGirls a woman named Rose is dating a psychiatrist]].

* FairForItsDay: The treatment of Richie's gender dysphoria is surprisingly progressive for 1994, as everyone around her has no problem with the fact that she wants gender reassignment surgery. [[spoiler:Though the twist that Richie is in fact a cisgender woman passing herself off as a pre-op transwoman might bring about some UnfortunateImplications.]]

* SoBadItsGood: Due to above mentioned unintentional comedy, along with how lurid the thing is. [[Usefulnotes/GoldenRaspberryAward Razzie]] founder John Wilson (whose award even chose this movie as the Worst Picture of 1994) would include ''Color of Night'' in his book of such movies, describing it as ""hopelessly hilarious" given the movie is "Solidly convinced of its own cleverness—and baldfacedly displaying its own ineptitude at almost every turn".
* WhatAnIdiot: Despite constant anonymous threats and his home armed to the teeth with security, Bob chooses instead to stay at the office after hours ''alone''. [[spoiler: Naturally, this gets him killed.]]

* {{Narm}}: Hoo boy, where to start? How about Dominic Frontiere's TV movie-esque score? Or several therapy group members ''aggressively'' ChewingTheScenery? Or [[spoiler: Dr. Bob Moore's murder]] being so over-the-top it's better suited for a {{Giallo}} film like ''Film/DeepRed''?

* FairForItsDay: The treatment of Richie's gender dysphoria is surprisingly progressive for 1994, as everyone around her has no problem with the fact that she wants gender reassignment surgery. [[spoiler:Though the twist that Richie is in fact a cisgender woman passing herself off as male might bring about some UnfortunateImplications.]]

** In one shot, [[Disney/{{Tarzan}} an ape statue]] is held in front of Creator/LanceHenriksen's face.

* FridgeBrilliance: A woman played by a British actress [[spoiler: passes herself off as male]], and has considerable sexual tension with [[Film/VictorVictoria Lesley Ann Warren]].
** This isn't the first Disney production where [[Series/TheGoldenGirls a woman named Rose is dating a psychiatrist]].
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[spoiler: Bill saving Rose from suicide after her HeroicBSOD.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/BruceWillis plays [[Film/TheSixthSense a shrink whose patient commits suicide in front of him. And it's also in a Disney film.]]
** In one shot, [[Disney/{{Tarzan}} an ape statue]] is held in front of Creator/LanceHenriksen's face

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[spoiler: Bill saving Rose from suicide after her HeroicBSOD.]]
** [[spoiler: Despite having physically fought Lt. Martinez for having an affair with his wife, who was then murdered by an unknown assailant along with their infant daughter, Buck later forgave Martinez for the affair and the two have put things behind them.]] It's especially notable as it's one of the few serious moments in the film done quite well.

* WhatAnIdiot: Despite constant anonymous threats and his home armed to the teeth with security, Bob chooses instead to stay at the office after hours ''alone''. [[spoiler: Naturally, this gets him killed.]]

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: When Capa talks with Martinez at Martinez's birthday party, an LAPD helicopter stops to give Martinez a birthday message, consisting of a female officer dancing on the copter's skids with her pants down and [[{{Mooning}} backside exposed]]. This is barely commented on, much less mentioned again.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: When Capa talks with Martinez at Martinez's birthday party, an LAPD helicopter stops to give Martinez a birthday message, consisting of a female officer dancing on the copter's skids with her pants down and her backside exposed. This is barely commented on, much less mentioned again.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[spoiler: Bill saving Rose from suicide after her HeroicBSOD.]]
** [[spoiler: Despite having physically fought Lt. Martinez for having an affair with his wife, who was then murdered by an unknown assailant along with their infant daughter, Buck later forgave Martinez for the affair and the two have put things behind them.]] It's especially notable as it's one of the few serious moments in the film done quite well.

** Michelle ''fellating a gun'' in the opening credits sets the tone for this movie right off the bat. Ironically, this was cut from the original theatrical release.

** In one shot, [[WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}} an ape statue]] is held in front of Creator/LanceHenriksen's face

** In one shot, [[WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}} an ape statue]] is held in front of Creator/LanceHenriksen's face

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: The film was a critical and commercial failure; today, it's remembered only because of the sex scenes.

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: The film was a critical and commercial failure; today, it's remembered only because of the sex scenes.
* VindicatedByVideo: The film had a much better reception on video than in theatres due to the sex scenes and darker tone that was absent from the theatrical cut.