Once you see it you won't unsee it: The blue/orange poster saga

[Jharry5]

That's something that I never would have noticed on my own.
Now it's been pointed out to me, however, I won't be able to not see it.

Damn...

 

[Veret]

Umm, ok. Let me put it this way; a "Top 10" list has no bearing on this topic whatsoever. Such things merely lists movies that have fallen into some marking criteria (Tickets sold, money made, review favorites, etc etc).

My op is on a completely different matter, I am not comparing popularity of movies or posters of popular movies or movies with particular posters. I am merely making an observation on the amount of movies that already have the aforementioned colour patterns and therefore has no bearing on future or current charts, top 10 lists or Billboard rankings.

It doesn't even matter if its a majority or not because it's not a statistical comparison. It's merely an inspection into what is and why.

Sorry, didn't mean to sound like I was flaming.

Anyway, I chose the top ten list precisely because it has nothing to do with color schemes. I thought by picking something unrelated I could find a sort-of-representative sample of the movies that are out there, and IMDb was just convenient. To put it another way: The only movies that had been mentioned here so far were the ones that had the blue and orange, so obviously it was going to look like all of the movies out there did the same thing.

Of course, chance works both ways. It could be a coincidence that none of the movies on that top ten list fit the blue/orange scheme. If you're still interested, you could pick another impartial list and see where that takes us. Say, "movies released in August of 2007," or "movies starring Carrie-Anne Moss," or "movie titles beginning with a vowel." Have some fun with it.

Or, if you're not interested in finding out how popular this thing is, just say the word and I'll leave you and your thread alone.

 

[ShadeOfRed]

Amazing, I'm gonna be seeing this everywhere now. It's even on my Novice Driver sign I put in the car when I go driving. And on my calculator's instruction disc. Shit...

 

[Lemon Of Life]

WOW, that is interesting. It does look pretty good, tbh, and it much more subtle than using, say, black and white or red and blue for contrast.

 

[McHanhan]

My mind has been blown and now I am going to see the damned things everywhere.

On topic though, I am disappointed by this site. How can you all forget this contribution to Hollywood?.

or this

Damn you Skarin, I am drinking tea from blue cup as well.

FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU!

 

[Carlston]

Kinda a day and night, land and water oppisite effect that's not black and white. hmmm yep....the world is carosel of color just like walt told us.

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

Well, now that we know of this phenomenon we will be more likely to notice posters involving such a colour scheme, making the movie of which the poster is associated with that much more known to us.

They did it on purpose... maybe...

 

[Lilani]

Red and blue are complimentary colors, opposite from each other on the color wheel. Thus, whenever they are juxtaposed, they provide a stark contrast that catches the eye. Also, it helps that both orange and blue on their own are desirable colors and can be fairly reasonably incorporated in most designs.

Purple and yellow are also complimentary colors and have about the same effect, however they would look out of place in most movie posters. Red and green also fit in this category; however the reason they would look out of place is because it makes the viewer automatically associate the design with Christmas.

 

[Zwartkijker]

Once you've noticed it, you'll see it everywhere.







Feel free to add some

 

[Acier]

I can't remember the exact term for it, but they are a natural compliment to eachother.

Complimentary Colors, go figure.

You can sometimes see it in your prephiral vision...

For example if you were to stare at the centre of a red circle for long enough you would eventually see an aura of light blue around it. I'm not sure why, but certain colours just seem to do it.

Blue and orange have long been known to look good with eachother and I suspect Hollywood use them because they are the most naturally eye-catching colours. Probably because they rarely appear together naturally.

I'll let someone else step in and do the science part...

Well forgive my lack of technical terms since I took AP Psych last year and forgot most of the jargon, but it actually happens with all colors. If you stare intensely at a color for too long the receptors in your eye that are specifically designed to see that color get tired and when you look away there a sort of visual backlash where the opposite color is more easily received and you see it when you look away so you see it, same principal when you stare a light too long and when you look away you see a green splotch approximately where it was in your vision

Science part stepped in.
You're welcome

 

[McHanhan]

Cool russian movie posters =p

I didn't know Avatar was made by the people who made Titanic =/

But yes, I guess, pretty mindblowing if you've got nothing to do. Now your pattern-seeking brain will recognize these patterns everywhere, if it haven't already.

James Cameron was/is the director for both films.

I can't remember the exact term for it, but they are a natural compliment to eachother.

Complimentary Colors, go figure.

You can sometimes see it in your prephiral vision...

For example if you were to stare at the centre of a red circle for long enough you would eventually see an aura of light blue around it. I'm not sure why, but certain colours just seem to do it.

Blue and orange have long been known to look good with eachother and I suspect Hollywood use them because they are the most naturally eye-catching colours. Probably because they rarely appear together naturally.

I'll let someone else step in and do the science part...

Well forgive my lack of technical terms since I took AP Psych last year and forgot most of the jargon, but it actually happens with all colors. If you stare intensely at a color for too long the receptors in your eye that are specifically designed to see that color get tired and when you look away there a sort of visual backlash where the opposite color is more easily received and you see it when you look away so you see it, same principal when you stare a light too long and when you look away you see a green splotch approximately where it was in your vision

Science part stepped in.
You're welcome

Pretty cool. It's bad enough I jump now when I see the blue of the Escapist theme next to the orange RSS feed.

 

[Dragonearl]

My world as I know it is gone.

The Doritos left no survivors.

EDIT: when did they start doing multiflavor bags? Neat.

Since forever. Avoid the garlic and pickle one.

 

[McHanhan]

I say this near a cinema near me

Thought of you, Skarin. I can't unsee it now.

 

[DemonicVixen]

I looked at them images, and i forgot them as fast as looking, do you want to know why?

Because the colours are too bright and too dark...

 

[Dragonearl]

I saw the Twilight Eclipse poster on my way to work today and I was reminded of this. I hate you all