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Unlike other pairs of complementary colors, fiery orange and cool blue are strongly associated with opposing concepts—fire and ice, land and sea, day and night, invested humanism vs. elegant indifference, good old fashioned explosions vs. futuristic science stuff. It's a trope because it's used on purpose, and it does something.
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: Legacy]]''). Ties in with [[Hollywood Darkness]], which is usually blue or teal.
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