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* 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.
* ''[[Minority Report]]'' is a classic
* The future scenes in the ''Terminator'' films look like this.
* The first ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' movie had this, possibly to emphasize the characters' pale skin or the cloudiness of Forks. The sequels had more of a golden, warm tone to them.
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* ''[[CSI]]''
** ''[[CSI: NY]]'' used this ''a lot'' in their first season, not only in the lab but in the outside sets too. To the point where many viewers kept feeling that New-York looked cold or in perpetual twilight. In an example of good [[Executive Meddling]], the producers were asked to tone it down in the later seasons. This and a change in sets for the lab (from cement basement to windowed skyscraper) helped the show feel less like ''CSI: Antarctica''.
** ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' uses orange and yellow light a lot to enhance the "sunny" feel of the scenes. They are more subtle about this than ''[[CSI: NY]]'' was with the blue lighting, but it still shows, especially on sets located indoors.
** 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.▼
One instance where this became humorous was when they had a crossover with ''[[CSI: NY]]'', and David Caruso obviously brought his orange with him when everything else was blue. This gets a [[Shout-Out]] in the ads for the ''[[Crossover|CSI Trilogy]]'' with pictures of the three leads tinted with their respective lighting. (original being green)
▲** 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
* ''[[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 Reimagined]]'': Used for most of the scenes that happen on {{spoiler|New Caprica and the 1st Earth}} in the remake. In addition, the Algae Planet had a more grey-blue tint to it. Scenes in Caprica had a bad orange lighting even before the nukes hit.
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* Used once an episode on ''[[Dark Oracle]]'', every time the comic began influencing the real world.
* ''[[Silent Witness]]'': Unnaturally Blue Lighting is used regularly, particularly in pathology scenes. Partially this is an exercise in fashion and style: many contemporary British dramas were also using the technique. In the pathology scenes, the lighting increases the cold, clinical and confronting atmosphere.
* ''Murphy's Law'': Murphy has to infiltrate various criminal organisations, often ending up in harsh
* Used in ''[[Instant Star]]'' in the school hallways, to disguise the fact that they're the same sets as ''[[Degrassi]]''.
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