Analogous colors are colors that live near each other on the standard color wheel.
Art using a limited color palette of analogous colors does a great job of evoking a particular mood or atmosphere. It's used all over the place.
# Examples
There are obviously **tons** of examples I could go find, but these came to mind first.
## Blade Runner: 2049
Blade Runner 2049 very consistently uses analogous color schemes to represent different environments in the movie. A simple Google Image search of "Bladerunner: 2049" pulls up immediate examples of the use of analogous colors, even without adding anything about "color" in the search terms:
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## Hollow Knight & Silksong
Both Hollow Knight and Silksong lean into a limited palette aesthetic consistently throughout the game - giving each region of the map their own, distinctive colors gives them each their own vibe.
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# More
## Source
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogous_colors
- https://www.google.com/search?q=blade+runner+2049