"I've found myself paying a lot of attention to the surface of films, since I read a blog post by filmmaker and motion-graphic artist Todd Miro about "the orange/ teal effect". He contends that since it became possible to digitally treat the colours of a film, mainstream Hollywood filmmakers have been led by colour-theory logic to make their movies pre-dominantly teal (blue) and orange. (Orange is a close approximation to Caucasian flesh, and blue and orange "pop" when put together. So, to make something arresting, everything goes blue and orange.) Think of Transformers II or Tron: Legacy. Once you notice this you can't un-notice it. You're looking deeply into the surface."
- Russell M Davies
For more examples of this phenomenon see this list of film posters:
http://www.slashfilm.com/orangeblue-contrast-in-movie-posters/
And you can even find examples in comics from the 1940s to the present day!
