Neon wallpapers

Neon is light with a shape: a glowing tube bent into an arrow, a ring hung in a pine forest, a sign reflected in a puddle. The pictures on this page treat colour as the subject, and nearly all of them take place in the dark, so the glow has something to push against.

The most common setting is the wet night street, where each lit sign is doubled in the pavement below. There are also surreal scenes in which neon appears in unexpected places, such as a ring floating between tree trunks. Pink, cyan, violet and electric blue dominate, with orange and green as accents.

Dark backgrounds mean these pictures are effective on OLED screens, and icons are readable on them. The bright lines are narrow, so they rarely cover much of the screen. For a monitor, choose a frame where the glow is at one side. For a phone, a tall picture with a vertical tube or its reflection fits naturally.

Cyberpunk and retro pages share the colours, and rain adds the wet-street mood. The city page has the real streets that inspired it. Dark gathers the low-key pictures in general.

56 neon wallpapers (11 for desktop, 5 for phones, 40 square), all free to download in 4K as PNG or JPEG.

From the themes Cyberpunk city, Neon ring in a glass forest, Classic car in a neon garage, Palm trees on a neon grid, Retro sun and grid, Neon reflections on wet asphalt, Retro space cruiser, Retro futurism.