Why Is Every Movie Poster Orange and Blue?

The Adventures of Tintin

orange and blue movie posters
IMAGE BY: Paramount Pictures

It was important to maintain the rich blues while also adding the orange-ish sepia hues. The production team tried the traditional photochemical route first. But their results were less than desirable. Colorist Jill Bogdanowicz said, “Color timers in a traditional lab would have used a heavy yellow-red color correction, which would have changed the blue in the sky and the denim jeans. So, the only way to achieve the look was digitally.”

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