bisexual lighting
nounUK /baɪˌsɛkʃʊəl ˈlaɪtɪŋ/ · US /baɪˌsɛkʃ(əw)əl ˈlaɪtɪŋ/
Etymology From bisexual (adjective) + lighting (noun), referring to the pink, purple, and blue colours of the bisexual flag (also known as the bisexual pride flag).
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Art, Arts, Broadcasting, Film, Media, Television Often The simultaneous use of pink, purple, and blue lighting, often to indicate bisexuality.
- Still, you'll understand what the cinephiles are calling "bisexual lighting," and the tender spots where the movie does reach you will definitely leave a mark.2021 November 23, Andrea Subissati, “Bone Lake Makes Horror Horny Again”, in Rue Morgue, number 203, page 32:
- Indeed, the episode's poster patterns the same slash effect and bisexual lighting of the Oscar-winning film Moolight, a text that is also famous for portraying Black male queerness through an Asiatic form, as the film borrows heavily from the visual styles and cinematography of the Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai.2024, Christopher B. Patterson, “The Asiatic and Anti-Asian Pandemic”, in Christopher B. Patterson, Tara Fickle, editors, Made in Asia/America: Why Video Games Were Never (Really) About Us, page 60:
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- It's very unique to Morgan's work thus far, all rendered via indelible imagery (thanks to cinematographer Nick Matthews): an unforgettable chessboard scene, a bedroom timelapse reminiscent of the Saw franchise, and ample bisexual lighting in the BDSM room (that's right), all sandwiched cushily inside a stunning game of cat and mouse.2025, Kimberly Leszak, “Bone Lake Makes Horror Horny Again”, in Fangoria, volume 2, number 29, page 76: