Bisexual lighting

"[8] According to Jessica Mason of The Mary Sue, the color purple—being a combination of multiple pure, spectral colors—has historically been used to represent "royalty and the divine," as well as "magic, aliens and the unknown.

"[9] YouTuber Kyle Kallgren notes that the blue, purple, and magenta colours do not appear in nature, and had become cinematic shorthand for the unnatural.

[1] Film lecturer Lara Thompson saw the neon shades of pink and blue as part of a nostalgic trend for 1980s and 1990s aesthetics in media of the late 2010s.

[12][13][1] Later, the television series Riverdale, Moonbeam City, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, Voltron: Legendary Defender, and The Owl House, as well as the 2020 film Birds of Prey, were also stated to be using it.

Bisexual lighting also features in the music videos of Janelle Monáe's "Make Me Feel," Demi Lovato's "Cool for the Summer,"[8] and Ariana Grande's "7 Rings.

"[18] The term was used to describe the "electric blue and magenta pink lights" that flash during Harry Styles' song "Medicine" when he plays it on tour[19] and in Lil Nas X's music video for "Panini".

Thus, while Twitter users and media critics have noted bi lighting in John Wick 3, Blade Runner 2049, Color Out of Space, Orphan: First Kill, Bingo Hell, Men in Black: International, Bullet Train, I Saw the TV Glow and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, there's often a less gay logic for doing so.