bisexual lighting

bi·sex·u·al light·ing
UK/baɪˌsɛkʃʊəl ˈlaɪtɪŋ/UK/-ʃ(ʊ)l-/UK/-sjʊ(ə)l-/US/baɪˌsɛkʃ(əw)əl ˈlaɪtɪŋ/

noun

The simultaneous use of pink, purple, and blue lighting, often to indicate bisexuality.

Meanings

nounbisexual lighting (countable and uncountable, plural bisexual lightings)

plural bisexual lightings

  1. countableoftenuncountableartThe 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 29, Andrea Subissati, “Bone Lake Makes Horror Horny Again”, in Rue Morgue, number 203, page 32
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    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

    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

Origin

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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Translations

Catalan il·luminació bisexual
  • il·luminació bisexualsimultaneous use of pink, purple, and blue lighting
Finnish biseksuaali valaistus
  • biseksuaali valaistussimultaneous use of pink, purple, and blue lighting
French éclairage bisexuel
  • éclairage bisexuelsimultaneous use of pink, purple, and blue lighting
Irish soilsiú déghnéasach
  • soilsiú déghnéasachsimultaneous use of pink, purple, and blue lighting
Japanese バイセクシャル・ライティング
  • バイセクシャル・ライティング (baisekusharu raitingu)simultaneous use of pink, purple, and blue lighting
Polish oświetlenie biseksualne
  • oświetlenie biseksualnesimultaneous use of pink, purple, and blue lighting
Portuguese iluminação bissexual
  • iluminação bissexualsimultaneous use of pink, purple, and blue lighting
Spanish iluminación bisexual
  • iluminación bisexualsimultaneous use of pink, purple, and blue lighting
Ukrainian бісексуальне осві́тлення
  • бісексуальне осві́тлення (biseksualʹne osvítlennja)simultaneous use of pink, purple, and blue lighting

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Chicago

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