Neon

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Orange Spreem

“	Why can't we get some more realistic colors fitting a real life vechicle/Animals for a TF? Example: A purple wolf Silverbot for the TF line. A rainbow colored Depth charge for TFU. The badly colored Armada Tidalwave. No ones saying paint everything black+grey. just stop using those neon colors & so forth.	”
—Deathy, alt.toys.transformers (2004)

Unlike the real world, where the word means "fluorescent", neon is a term used by many in the Transformers online fandom to describe any color on a Transformers product that an individual merely finds ugly. This broad usage means practically any color imaginable can be marginalized as a hated "neon" color. Colors that have been categorized as neon include the following:

• White
• Yellow (unless it is on a Bug)
• Red (unless it is on a truck)
• Blue
• Green (unless it is on a construction vehicle)
• Purple (see above. Or a dinosaur.)
• Orange (unless it is on a predatory animal)
• Black

Obviously, 'Neon' as an insult is a highly subjective term. Often a neon color will be a complementary accent color, even if that color is extremely unsaturated. Any color schemes that adhere slavishly to a pre-existing Generation 1 character are exempt from all of the above.

Prominent examples

• 
  You might think the red is what's neon here, but it's actually the dull green.
• 
  The aforementioned "rainbow-colored Depth Charge".
• Okay, this one IS kinda hideous.
  Okay, this one IS kinda hideous.
• Neon camouflage — easy to be spotted on the battlefield.
  Neon camouflage — easy to be spotted on the battlefield.
• You can see it from space!
  You can see it from space!
• 
  The teal here is especially neon. As is the black.
• 
  Verily doth it clash.
• And worst of all, the only reason this toy came out this neon...
  And worst of all, the only reason this toy came out this neon...
• 
  ...is because the Packaging art looks worse!

See also

• Playskool
• Black repaint
• Generation 2 (toyline)