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Where did the term 'Neon green' come from? Neon gas tubes only come in red.

Posted - July 24, 2019

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  • From the fact it has a neon light like color temp to it.  It seems to glow kinda from the flulroescence .  Yes pure neon gas  gives off a reddish orange( more orange actually) color, but "neon lights" can be in any color through doping the gas inside them and in reality its mostly doped argon and xenon usually. Many colors can be created by doping the gas with phosphors.

    Also neon  can produce green light hen doped with a small amount of argon and krypton.
      July 24, 2019 5:52 PM MDT
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  • 44645
    All that may be true, but I was specifically asking about NEON, not mixtures or phosphors or colored glass tubes. There are no green neon lights or tee shirts or sneakers.
      July 24, 2019 6:15 PM MDT
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  • 4624
    It's just the hip name for one of the colours in the 2019 fashion palette - an extremely bright green hue butting up next to its colour-wheel neighbour, lime green

    Back when I was a teenager it was called psychedelic or acid green.

    Image result for neon green
      July 24, 2019 6:47 PM MDT
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