Why Is Every Movie Poster Orange and Blue?

The Empire Strikes Back

orange and blue movie posters
IMAGE BY: 20th Century Fox

So if orange-ish people are the subject of films, and designers want them to pop as much as possible in the films and their ads and posters, it makes sense to use complementary shades of blue. But that’s not the only design trick in the book. So how did this spread and multiply everywhere?

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