There’s something about the blue and orange tandem that makes it effective. (It’s actually one of the reasons I reverted to my current blog layout/theme because I’m forever crushing on it. Heehee.) It is no wonder that the often unnoticed (though obvious) heavy use of these colors on film-related materials (posters, etc.) is a classic practice.  Take for example the following:

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Orange/blue just so happens to be the most common set of complementary colors because blue is “cool” and orange is “enthusiastic” and “energetic.” – Slashfilm.com

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With due respect to the study of contrast, I have another theory though. That once upon a time, a primitive appreciated the harmony and beauty of the nature:

Sunrise on 24 January 2010. Taken steps away from where I live.

Today’s sunrise in Abu Dhabi.

There’s something more than fascinating about sunrise and sunset, isn’t it? The sight of these is the very basis of effectiveness of the tandem of blue and orange. When I had a 1-minute peak-a-boo with sunset, the hues adjusted accordingly.

PS. Even Mozilla Firefox adopted the tandem.

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