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2030-12-29
Neon and Fluorescent Colors in Design: When They Work and When They Don't
Fluorescent colors occupy a distinct perceptual zone that print and standard screens can barely reproduce. A guide to DayGlo history, the luxury-neon tension, and how to use extreme chroma deliberately.
NeonColor TheoryPrint Production
2031-02-21
Miami Vice vs. Memphis: Two Incompatible 1980s Palettes, One Decade
The 1980s are remembered for neon, but Miami Vice's pastel-against-dark was a completely different palette from Memphis Design's primary-on-pattern. How did these two aesthetics coexist, why do they both read as 'the 1980s,' and what does that tell us about color trend cohesion?
Color History1980sDesign MovementsNeon
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