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[Ether_Snake]

Complementary Colors are everywhere...

The overall saturation levels, contrast, brightness/darkness, etc.. play a role in subduing the obviousness of it sometimes but it's common. Coraline is using a lot of Split Complementary colors in the poster, that's why it's rather unique.

Notice how the bad guys in Spider Man Marvel comics are always green, or purple and green?

Mysterio
Electroman or whatever his name is
Green Goblin
Lizard
Dr. Octopus
Scorpio
Vulture
Etc.

 

[Hawkian]

Others too, but the best ones, in my opinion, completely bucked this trend (offsetting Spidey's red/blue with green/purple)... probably in order to distinguish them from the old and cheesy rogues gallery of 80s comics and earlier.

 

[Scuba Steve]

 

[dasein]

wow-game-fuel-choose-your-side.jpg

ok this got me :lol

 

[RefigeKru]

I had always noticed this.

Except for in the Assassination of Jesse James poster, damn it all.

 

[MisterHero]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[Ryn]

aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[DeceitDecide]

 

[Nex Superne]

I just got FedEx arrow'd to the umpteenth degree

 

[Heezzi]

The Blue orange combo is used the most because skin tone is orange

 

[Messypandas]

Wasn't Hulk originally grey? But changed because of printing costs or something.

 

[comedy bomb]

Wasn't Hulk originally grey? But changed because of printing costs or something.

Yep.

 

[FormallyMegadrive]

 

[ssoass]

 

[Lazy vs Crazy]

Oh sweet jesus

 

[Complex Shadow]

 

[HamPster PamPster]

Yeah I'll be honest. I haven't thought about this or seen it since I last read this thread in december

I think the fed-ex arrow and maybe the cloud bush are the only two things I'll never actually unsee

 

[Staccat0]

Fail.
Just as many of those are purple and yellow

 

[C.Dark.DN]

 

[Fireblend]

Took too long.

 

[speculawyer]

Oh sheeesh. Designers are like everyone else . . . they rip-off each other and get a herd mentality. Big deal.

 

[Xabora]

 

[eXistor]

I turned around in my chair to look, and behold:

 

[Veidt]

IS THERE NOTHING SACRED ANYMORE?!

 

[Souldriver]

I really don't understand how this is mind blowing to anyone.



EDIT: ZOMG MY AVATAR ALSO SOMEWHAT APPLIES TO THIS PHENOMENA. WHAAAA!!!!

 

[Reno7728]

IS THERE NOTHING SACRED ANYMORE?!

close enough...

 

[Darko]

 

[Jasoco]

I have this poster on my wall...

Er, closet door.

 

[J-Roderton]

Look behind me, whadya know?!

 

[Reno7728]

Fuck.

 

[santouras]

when I first started doing web design all of my sites were a combination of orange, blue and grey. It's a very common mix of colours for above posted obvious reasons

 

[Vigilant Walrus]

This thread is magical.

 

[Osietra]

Basically orange and blue are predominant colours in most picture'ey things that are old and faded.
Various accountants realised this, and pushed the cost saving measure of only using colours that take longer to fade. Which basically makes no sense.

 

[Kodiak]

the Super Meat Boy retail cover

 

[~Kinggi~]

Yeah, you know since there are so many colors to work with, pairing orange-ish and blue-ish colors together makes for pretty pictures. It worked many years ago and still works today!

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

 

[xbhaskarx]

Noo they got to Conan... you bastards!

 

[FStop7]

 

[Mineshaft_Gap]

Oh hey guys.

 

[jamesinclair]

Oh my goodness

 

[Timo]

Oh god, make it stop.

FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!

That's a yellow and a light blue/teal. Not really opposite colors.

 

[Bad_Boy]

 

[BuggyDClown]

I guess I know what my film posters color scheme shall be!