*The Chinese drama title 画梦录 can be translated as “A Chronicle of Painted Dreams.”*

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About 45 minutes ago, the production team announced the release date and dropped a new trailer.

The booting ceremony was held on March 13, 2026. Filming wrapped up at the beginning of April (different dates for different cast members).

Clip description:

*A single game of chess, layered with countless desires.*


*A forged painting can be imitated, but a sincere heart is far harder to fathom.*

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**Cast:**

Leading actors (sorted by the number of strokes in the surname):
* [Dai Luwa](https://mydramalist.com/people/21810-dai-lu-wa) as Xu Yanzhen
* [Tang Shiyi](https://mydramalist.com/people/108841-tang-shi-yi) as Jiang Xinyu


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* Episodes: 3 (according to Baidu Baike and MDL)
* Duration: 60 minutes (according to Douban)
* Streaming platform: Tencent 🐧
* Estimated filming time: ~30 days
* Booting ceremony and start of filming: March 13, 2026
* Filming wrapped up: Early April 2026
* Official cast announcement: April 15, 2026
* Filming location: Hengdian World Studios 
* Genre: Republican era, romance, suspense (according to Baidu Baike)
* "Spin-off" of [**The Message**](https://mydramalist.com/24028-the-message) – source and more details at the bottom of the post.

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* 🎬 Director: [Wu Huihui](https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E6%AF%8B%E8%BE%89%E8%BE%89/55695947) (director: The Vanishing Beauty, Truth, Stand or Fall, Beloved Life; co-director: Watch Your Back)
* ✒️ Screenwriters: Zhang Min 张敏, Zhang Fan 张帆, and [Liu Yifei 刘伊菲](https://piaofang.maoyan.com/celebrity?id=3089635) (Justifiable Defense, Here We Meet Again, Under the Skin)
* 📽️ Production companies: Tencent Video, Paper Fort Film & Culture

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🔗 [Previous announcement, teaser, posters, etc.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CDrama/search/?q=Title%3A%22Where+Colors+Dream+%E7%94%BB%E6%A2%A6%E5%BD%95%22&type=posts&sort=new) 

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[Synopsis translated from Baidu Baike](https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E7%94%BB%E6%A2%A6%E5%BD%95/67441524): 

In Republican-era Shanghai, an orphaned painter with exceptional skills, Xu Yanzhen (played by Dai Luwa), unexpectedly becomes entangled with Jiang Xinyu (played by Tang Shiyi), the chief accountant of Ronghui Bank who is caught in a crisis.

⚠️ *Plot spoilers!* ⚠️

>!Jiang Xinyu is framed by others and is forced to take a risky course of action by forming an alliance with Xu Yanzhen. At the time, the bank plans to sell a national treasure painting at a low price to foreigners.!< >!Relying on her exceptional painting skills, Xu Yanzhen forges the famous artwork and replaces it in a daring switch.!<

>!After a series of twists and turns, the two join forces to maneuver carefully among competing powers, overcoming repeated dangers and resolving multiple crises together.!<

🔎 [Baidu Baike](https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E7%94%BB%E6%A2%A6%E5%BD%95/67441524) | [Douban](https://m.douban.com/movie/subject/38365129/) | [MDL](https://mydramalist.com/809298-where-colors-dream)


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**"Spin-off" Origins**

[According to AvenueX](https://youtu.be/aAT3fYh_xIY?t=709&si=HI9Bi1JbFlfcAbGi), **Where Colors Dream** is based on the two female main characters in the 2020 drama, [**The Message 风声**](https://mydramalist.com/24028-the-message) – Gu Xiaomeng who is played by Xu Lu and Li Ningyu who is played by Janice Man. There is a 2009 movie version of  [**The Message 风声**](https://mydramalist.com/12589-the-message) where Gu Xiaomeng is played by Zhou Xun and Li Ningyu is played by Li Bingbing. Adapted from the novel “Sound of Wind” (风声) by [Mai Jia (麦家).

* ✍️ Original creator: [Mai Jia 麦家](https://mydramalist.com/people/66251-mai-jia) (Decoded, Seven Killings, The Silent War, Walking on the Tip, Legend of Wind)
   * “Mai Jia, pen name of Jiang Ben Hu, currently is one of China’s most famous spy thriller authors, with his titles annually making the national bestseller lists; his novel The Message was cast as a major motion picture in 2009. Mai Jia's spy novels are all set during the Republican Period (1913-1949).”

* 📖 Novel: [Sound of Wind 风声](https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E9%A3%8E%E5%A3%B0/6486108)

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**Translated Synopses**

Note: All translated synopses I share in the "trailers & posters" posts are based on the original Chinese sources (Douban, Baidu, Chinese Wikipedia, etc.) and were first published here. If you see them elsewhere, please know they originated from our sub. Thanks for reading!

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📊 Information and translations compiled by u/admelioremvitam. 






Where Colors Dream 画梦录 🖌️ from 🐧 Tencent. 📣🗓️ Airing on July 2, 2026. Starring Dai Luwa and Tang Shiyi. New trailer.