Neon lighting

What it is

Saturated pink, blue and purple neon light spills onto faces and wet surfaces.

When to use it

Urban nightlife, cyberpunk, dreamy danger.

When not to

Natural, rural or period settings.

Often confused with

• Practical lighting

  Practical light can be any ordinary fixture.

Common generation mistakes

• SymptomColors go dull, like plain street lights.

  FixState saturated pink and blue neon with reflections on the ground.

Combinations Rolin checks

• Warning

  A black-and-white image loses neon, golden-hour or blue-hour colour

• Warning

  Sepia and silent-film tinting are monochrome and lose neon, golden-hour or blue-hour colour