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{{trope}}
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A subtrope of [[Mood Lighting]] common in [[Science Fiction]] and [[Police Procedural|Forensics]] shows. Shots are suffused with vaguely blue lighting. This is usually complemented by stark, overly bright desk lamps. Occasionally this infects outdoor scenes, making sunny days look more overcast; this should not be confused with the dark blue camera filter used in shooting "[[Hollywood Night|day for night]]".
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Nowadays, the rise of [[Orange-Blue Contrast]] makes this nearly ubiquitous in mainstream movies and television.
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== Advertising ==
* For whatever reason, it's being used in recent Viagra commercials like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIbzSlBjmGs this one] (maybe because the pill itself is blue?). The effect is weird because that particular commercial takes place ''in the desert.''
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== Film ==
* Used to great effect in ''[[Little Buddha]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20130912192326/http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.com/?p=6972 contrasting the cool blue Seattle shots with the warm reds of Tibet].
* In ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' films, the battles at Helm's Deep and Osgiliath are shown in a blue tint.
* The ''[[Underworld (film)|Underworld]]'' series makes consistent use of trope, blended with [[Hollywood Darkness]]. Individual scenes which ''aren't'' primarily blue are a rarity. Even the DVD covers invoke this.
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** The lighting used on the shows seems to extend to the DVD packaging with CSI being in green boxes, ''[[CSI: NY]]'' being in blue boxes and ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' being in—you guessed it—orange boxes.
* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' and its spinoff ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' has this in spades, the Asgard and Human spaceships especially. The Ancients get into it as well.
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* Parodied on ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]]''.
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* Used in ''[[Mystery Hunters]]'' for a "creepy" effect with personal accounts.
* ''[[Smallville]]'' was particularly fond of doing this in their early seasons to show contrast between Lionel's cold blue office in the urban Metropolis, compared to the golden glow of the Kent's farm home.
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'': While solely not for [[Mood Lighting]] purposes, night vision abilities work this way. In particular, using cateye (potent night vision drug) in very dark places will make everything heavily blue-tinted, which does make things easier to see, at least.
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]'', the [[Dark World|Silent Realm]] is like this when Link isn't being chased by the Guardians.
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== Real Life ==
* L.E.D lights
** This is because most “white” LEDs are made by starting with blue emitters, then adding a layer of fluorescent compounds (“phosphors”, although not all such compounds actually contain the element phosphorus) to convert some of the blue light to the longer wavelengths. Low-grade LEDs may use less phosphors than desirable, and phosphors can also degrade causing the light to gradually turn bluer with age.
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[[Category:Blue Tropes]]
[[Category:Unnaturally Blue Lighting]]
[[Category:Lighting Tropes]]
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