The 'Piss Filter' is a derogatory term used to describe the heavy yellow, orange, or sepia-toned color grading prevalent in 2000s cinematography and video games. This aesthetic was famously used to signify heat, desert environments, or 'foreign' locations—most notably Mexico in shows like Breaking Bad or various Middle Eastern settings in action films. On the internet, the term became a popular meme used to mock the lack of color variety in seventh-generation console games like Fallout 3 and Resident Evil 5, as well as the stereotypical visual shorthand used by Western directors to depict developing nations. The meme typically involves applying a heavy yellow overlay to a standard image to satirize how media manipulates mood through aggressive color filtering.