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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"All of [[Castlevania (1986
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▲{{quote|''"All of [[Castlevania 1986 (Video Game)|Castlevania 1986]]'s level palettes incorporated orange in some way. And often incorporated shades of blue, which is orange's complement. A.k.a., it makes orange 'pop out'"''|'''[[Egoraptor]]''', "Sequelitis Episode 1"}}
Basic complementary color theory states that when two contrasting colors are put together, they "pop", so the natural technique is to color films to have a strong, contrasting palette.
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So you just turn up the shadows to the teal end, the highlights to the orange.
Unlike other pairs of complementary colors, fiery orange and cool blue are strongly associated with opposing
More [http://www.cracked.com/article_18664_5-annoying-trends-that-make-every-movie-look-same.html here], [http://theabyssgazes.blogspot.com/2010/03/teal-and-orange-hollywood-please-stop.html here] and [http://theabyssgazes.blogspot.com/2010/03/teal-and-orange-part-2.html here]. Games have (relatively) recently also picked up on this trend, and you can find some of the worst offenders on [https://web.archive.org/web/20130909053354/http://orangeandtealgames.tumblr.com/ this Tumblr].
Subtrope of [[Mood Lighting]] and sister trope to [[Unnaturally Blue Lighting]], as well a very specific and common form of [[Color Contrast]] and [[Color Wash]]. Not to be confused with [[Blue and Orange Morality]] (even when it overlaps with [[Good Colors, Evil Colors]], as in ''[[Tron
Has a vague resemblance to the [[Loudness War]]; in both cases, something is pushed [[Up to Eleven]] in post-production, removing all subtlety from the sound or picture. Can be a factor in [[Digital Destruction]].
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== Film ==
* ''[[The Return of Hanuman]]''
* ''The Adventures of [[Tintin
* The Blu-Ray [[Digital Destruction|"restoration"]] of ''[[
* The carbon chamber from ''[[
* ''[[
▲* The carbon chamber from ''[[Star Wars|The Empire Strikes Back]]'' is dimly lit with orange lighting and surrounded by blue-tinged darkness, providing an eerie contrast for the first showdown between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. It also predates the modern "Blue and Orange" phenomenon by about two decades.
▲* ''[[Blade Runner (Film)|Blade Runner]]'' features this in almost every scene. It's part of its distinctive [[Cyberpunk With a Chance of Rain|visual]] [[The Future Is Noir|style]].
▲* ''[[The Bourne Series (Film)|The Bourne Identity]]''
▲* ''[[Night At the Museum (Film)|Night At the Museum]]''
▲* ''[[G.I. Joe the Rise of Cobra (Film)|G.I. Joe the Rise of Cobra]]''
▲* ''[[Transformers (Film)|Transformers]]'' (live-action movie)
▲* ''[[Spider Man (Film)|Spider-Man 2.1]]'' (''Spider-Man 2'' DVD release)
* ''N.E.X.T.''
* ''Secretariat'', though to a lesser degree than most.
* ''[[The Transporter]] 2''
* ''[[Tron
* ''[[Iron Man (
* The later movies in ''[[The Fast and
** ''The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift''
** ''Fast & Furious''
** ''Fast Five''
* ''Feast of Love''
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Limitless]]''
* ''Rabbit Hole''
* ''[[
* In ''[[Hollow Man]]'', invisibility serum is blue and counterserum is orange. Also, in thermal vision living organisms are mostly orange/red and the environment is mostly blue.
* ''[[Cowboys and Aliens (
* ''[[
* ''[[
* The Indian film ''[[Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi]]'' is strong with
* ''[[Drive (
* ''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]''
* The song and dance number in ''[[Om Shanti Om]]'' called Dard E Disco has lovely orange blue contrast with gold tones for about 3/4 of the song.
* ''[[Minority Report]]''
* ''Film/Sunshine''
== Live-Action TV ==
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* ''[[Burn Notice]]'' uses this all the time too. Watch out for Michael's orange skin, paired with a light blue shirt. Happens almost every other scene
* ''[[Instant Star]]'' used a blue filter for the school interior sequences, to better match the late 19th/early 20th century stone [[High School]] building they used for exteriors and [[Hey, It's That Place!|disguise the interior sets]] built for the midcentury-modern [[Degrassi]] school building.
* Interesting use in ''[[Awake (TV series)|Awake]]'', where the two different universes that the show alternates between each get their own color pallete: Red/orange for the reality where Britten's wife is alive, and green/blue for the one where his son is. It actually serves a purpose in making it obvious to a careful viewer which one the scene is taking place in.
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== New Media ==
* In its four-color
** Also one of the display palettes for the [[Apple II]], though not as commonly used as black, white, green and purple/magenta.
* [[Google]] always had blue links, now it's using quite a bit of orange as well.
* Psst... [[Shaped Like Itself|Check out the
* The Firefox logo and default color scheme.
== Pro Wrestling ==
* Unlike most wrestlers in [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]], Sin Cara has special lighting ''during'' his matches. Said lighting is orange and blue. Sin Cara's ring attire and entrance video are also orange and blue.
* [[Wrestlemania]] XXVIII utilizes this for their [http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/rock-cena-times-square-billboards poster].
== Video Games ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Too Human]]''
* ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'' is a walking orange-blue contrast.
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* ''[[Tomb Raider]] II'' - Some of the level with the Maria Doria are strongly orange/teal. Surprisingly for a non-realistic PC game from 1997.
* ''[[Vagrant Story]]''
* ''[[Portal (
** Not the game or the packaging, but the two portals you can shoot are orange and blue. In ''[[
** ATLAS and P-Body, the two co-op robots in ''Portal 2'', have blue and orange colouration respectively.
** Also, the two main A.I. have opposite coloured optics. GLaDOS' is orange, and Wheatley's is blue.
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* The giant clock venue in ''[[Rock Band]]'' has [[A Worldwide Punomenon|shades]] of this, more so in the second game than the third.
* ''[[Jagged Alliance]]''
* ''[[Outland (
* The video game adaptations of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (
* Every boxart for the classic ''[[Mega Man (
* ''[[
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
*
* The [http://www.msxrepository.org/Aleste_2/Aleste_2-Screenshot-2.jpg title screen] of ''[[Aleste]] 2'' features redhead Ellinor Waizen and the title in red-orange lettering against a deep-blue background.
* ''Singularity'': only in the time-warped alternate-2011, though. In 1955, a more normal color palette is used. This is to help show off the unnatural state of the world in 2011.
* Sonic and Tails of the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series, where the titular hedgehog and his fox companion are colored blue and orange respectively.
* As noted in the page quote, the original ''[[Castlevania (1986
* ''[[X (
== Webcomics ==
* ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'''s website.
* Invoked in ''[[Square Root of Minus Garfield]]'' #2052: "[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2052 Dog Vision]". Canine deuteranopia is depicted as a world of blues, grays, browns, and golds.
== Website ==
* In ''[[Cracked.com]]'':
** It'
** [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/why-new-hunger-games-movie-orange-blue/ Why the New 'Hunger Games' Movie Is Orange and Blue] discusses this color scheme in the second ''Hunger Games'' film.
* [[This Very Wiki]] has a logo themed in orange and blue, along with similar colors on the [[Main Page]].
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[My Little Pony:
* ''[[
* ''[[Hey Arnold
* In ''[[
== Real Life ==
* Many schools, including Auburn University, Boise State University, the University of Florida, the University of Illinois, the University of Texas San Antonio, and the University of Virginia use blue and orange for their color schemes, although the exact shades vary.
* Following the 2011 [[Canadian Politics|Canadian federal election]], the government was split with the Conservative Party of Canada (blue) in power and the New Democratic Party (orange) forming the Official Opposition. This ended after the 2015 election.
* Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, has orange clouds, but a dark blue atmosphere.
* Sunsets on the blue-colored Earth are colored orange, but sunsets on the orangey-red Mars are colored blue.
*
** The Edmonton Oilers and New York Islanders of the NHL.
* While not exactly orange, the flag of Sweden uses the blue and yellow from the Natural Color System, which creates pairs of complimentary colors that do the same thing as this trope.
* In a variant one step up the spectrum, the red/green palette commonly associated with Christmas also uses contrasting colors that "pop".
* The [https://web.archive.org/web/20120510061158/http://hub.tv-ark.org.uk/images/endboards/images/lwt_a_large.jpg 1970s] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120510061404/http://hub.tv-ark.org.uk/images/endboards/images/lwt_b_large.jpg 1980s] logos for [[ITV]] company LWT had blue and orange stripes.▼
▲** So are the Chicago Bears.
▲* The [http://hub.tv-ark.org.uk/images/endboards/images/lwt_a_large.jpg 1970s] and [http://hub.tv-ark.org.uk/images/endboards/images/lwt_b_large.jpg 1980s] logos for [[ITV]] company LWT had blue and orange stripes.
* The NTSC analog television system's [[wikipedia:YIQ|YIQ color space]] has the orange and blue contrast along the in-phase (I) axis and the green and purple contrast along the quadrature (Q) axis. More bandwidth is allocated to I than to Q because the eye is more sensitive to orange and blue contrast.
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