Why Is Every Movie Poster Orange and Blue?

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orange and blue movie posters
IMAGE BY: Columbia Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

We can’t psychoanalyze every single color correcter in the film industry. But we can guess that the naturally pleasing aesthetics of complementary colors combined with the efficiency of digital grading results in the quick-fix color trend of orange-and-blue designs. Why spend more time on a design when you can bang out something proven by science to please the human eye?

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