Era and hardware
Era: 2013– · Hardware: Aesthetic, not hardware
Key facts
- Originated in modern revival music videos and album art
- Two-color systems work best: magenta + cyan
- The neon glow is achieved with a pure-color core surrounded by a dim secondary halo
How to use this palette for cursor design
Use magenta as the accent and cyan as the highlight. Pure white sparingly.
Open your pixel editor of choice (Aseprite, Piskel, or LibreSprite), import the palette, and follow the five-pass cursor design tutorial: silhouette, outline, fill, highlight, accent. The palette will impose its own discipline — that is the entire point. For deeper background on retro palettes in general, see the retro palette guide.
Cursor packs already in this palette
If you would rather download than design, browse the collections page — collections are organized by palette family and several map directly to the historic palettes documented here.