The third episode of Loki, " Lamentis", features this lighting in a scene where the title character discloses his bisexuality.
DARK PURPLE AESTHETIC SERIES
Later, the television series Riverdale, Moonbeam City, Close Enough and The Owl House, as well as the 2020 film Birds of Prey were also stated to be using it. Similarly, the award-winning Black Mirror episode " San Junipero", as well as an episodes from Blumhouse holiday horror anthology Into the Dark, including " I'm Just F*cking with You", " Midnight Kiss", and " My Valentine" made use of the visual aesthetic. The Hollywood films The Neon Demon, Atomic Blonde, and Black Panther all feature the use of blue, pink, and purple lighting. The lighting has been used in numerous television and film media, typically in scenes featuring bisexual characters. Perrin argues that this kind of lighting is usually produced by neon lights, which suggest "clubs and dancefloors" to the viewer, and this implies that "bisexual hook-ups and relationships are merely 'experiments', and something that only happens when you’re drunk on a night out." Īccording 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." Use in popular media Ī dance party showcasing bisexual lightingĪccording to Pierpoint, the visual aesthetic may have been used as early as 2014 in the television series Sherlock, referencing the speculated hidden interests of Dr.
Īmelia Perrin has criticized the trend of using such lighting when bisexual characters appear in television and music videos, arguing in Cosmopolitan that this visual image "perpetuates bisexual stereotypes".
Pantone selected " Ultra Violet" as the color of 2018 in a move the BBC says reflected the growing use of the scheme. And while The Daily Dot questioned whether "the aesthetic or the cultural significance first", it too concluded that the idea "has stuck". Sasha Geffen wrote at that it had become "solid in its meaning", while Nicky Idika of PopBuzz wrote that it has now "become an established part of bisexual storytelling in media".
The trend gained traction in the LGBT community in 2017 particularly on social media sites Twitter, Reddit, and Pinterest. The colors may be a direct reference to the bisexual pride flag. George Pierpoint of BBC News writes that some social media users claim bisexual lighting has been used as an "empowering visual device" which counteracts perceived under-representation of bisexuality in the visual media. The bisexual pride flag, which uses pink, purple, and blue colors
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