What is Blue Is the Warmest Colour's IQ Score?

Blue Is the Warmest Colour has an IQ Score of 147/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 38/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 30/50 Educational Value, and 44/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Blue Is the Warmest Colour educational?

Blue Is the Warmest Colour is moderate on educational value, 30/50 on TVI's rubric. Some learning happens, but it isn't the show's primary work.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Blue Is the Warmest Colour , IQ Score 147/200

Blue Is the Warmest Colour has an IQ Score of 147/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-06-17·Methodology

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147/ 200

Stimulating

Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,338 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

A French teenager falls in love with an older art student. Abdellatif Kechiche's Palme d'Or winner is exceptional for its emotional honesty and performance work, Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux are both extraordinary.

The extended intimacy scenes are both formally relevant and controversial. Educational about identity formation and the texture of young love.

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