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Light-Up LED Pom Poms
Metallic streamers with LEDs built into the pom, a rechargeable pack, and one remote that changes the whole team’s color at once.
$145 USD per pair
For green and white or green and gold squads that perform after dark: our LED pom poms glow green, the colour the eye picks up furthest in a dark gym, and switch together by remote to lime green for a mental health awareness game. Team pricing is $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs.
Which green is your team: kelly, forest or lime?
| Shade | Metallic or plastic pom | Light-up glow |
|---|---|---|
| Kelly green | Matches the uniform | A close match |
| Forest or hunter green | Matches by day; near black at night | Glows brighter than the uniform |
| Lime green | Matches the uniform | A close match, and the mental health awareness colour |
| Emerald | Matches the uniform | Close |
Green is usually worn with white, gold or black. Our light-up poms can be made with green streamers for the daytime look. On team orders our metallic streamer colours are teal, orange, hot pink, purple, green, silver, red, blue, gold and white, and custom team colours are available on team orders, confirmed with you before production. If you are a forest green programme, tell us the shade and we will confirm plainly what we can match.
Why does a green glow carry further than other colours?
In normal lighting the human eye is most sensitive to light around 555 nm, which is green (source: Wikipedia: luminous efficiency function). Run the same poms in red, blue and green and the green squad looks brightest from the top row, because the eye is doing more of the work.
For a green team that is a real advantage in a dark gym: lights-out introductions, a halftime routine with the house lights down, a formation seen from the far side of an arena. It also means green can look more neon than the uniform. A forest green squad running a green glow will read brighter than its jerseys; some coaches like that, some switch to white for contrast.
How do green poms read on turf at night and on camera?
Green on green is the problem outdoors. A green metallic pom in front of green turf has little contrast from the stands, and after dark it only shows where the floodlights hit it. A light-up pom emits its own green, so it separates from the turf and the shadows behind the sideline.
On camera, green is the easiest colour to film. Nearly every consumer camera uses a Bayer filter, which has twice as many green-sensing elements as red or blue to mimic the eye (source: Wikipedia: Bayer filter). Green LEDs come out clean and sharp; the thing to watch is phones pushing them toward lime. Film a test clip at the venue and lower the exposure if the poms look neon next to the uniforms.
Which nights call for green?
| Night | When | Colour |
|---|---|---|
| Mental health awareness game | Any season | Lime green |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma awareness | September | Lime green |
| Liver cancer awareness | October | Emerald green |
| St. Patrick’s Day game | March, in basketball season | Green |
| Holiday game | December | Red and green |
In 2018 each Saint Peter’s University team held one mental health awareness game in lime green, which the school called the official colour of mental health awareness (source: Saint Peter’s University Athletics). Conference USA runs Green Out Games with green shoelaces and wristbands, public-address announcements and videoboard highlights (source: Conference USA). Lime green represents non-Hodgkin lymphoma and emerald green liver cancer (source: National Foundation for Cancer Research).
A green team owns these nights already, and the remote covers the pink out and the rest. See cancer awareness night ideas for every sport.
How do green and gold or green and white split sets work?
A split set puts one colour in each hand, set up on a team order:
- Green and white: green raised, white low. The sharpest contrast against turf.
- Green and gold: green raised, gold low. Gold streamers shine by day and glow a warm yellow at night.
- Green and black: a solid green glow, with black in the uniform and the baton handle, since black cannot be lit.
Tell us the split when you ask for a quote and we confirm it before production. If the squad wants solid green for the fight song and the split for sideline cheers, say so up front.
Should a green team buy metallic or light-up poms?
| Your season | Best fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Day games only | Standard green metallic from a cheer supplier | Cheaper, and it shines in sunlight |
| Night football | Light-up | Separates from the turf after dark |
| Basketball with lights-down intros | Light-up | Green carries furthest in a dark gym |
| A season of theme nights | Light-up | One set switches colour by remote |
| Both day and night | Light-up | Unlit, it looks like a regular green performance pom |
We would rather tell you this plainly than sell a light-up set for a schedule of afternoon games.
How many green pom poms does a squad need?
One pair per athlete plus two spares, ordered together. At our team rate of $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs:
| Group | Pairs | Cost at the team rate |
|---|---|---|
| Youth squad of 10 | 12 | $1,440 |
| High school squad of 14 | 16 | $1,920 |
| High school squad of 20 | 22 | $2,640 |
Booster clubs often fund the set when it replaces poms the squad would buy anyway; see bulk cheer pom pom orders.
How do you order green pom poms for a squad?
Email or DM us with the squad size, your exact green and second colour, any split, and your first game date. We make our light-up products ourselves and will tell you plainly what fits your date. See team orders for how a group order works.
Frequently asked questions
Do light-up pom poms come in green?
Yes. Ours can be made with green streamers and glow green, and the colour changes by remote.
Can light-up poms match forest green?
Not exactly. Forest green is dark and light cannot be dark, so the glow reads as a brighter kelly or emerald green.
Why does green look brighter than other colours?
The eye is most sensitive to light around 555 nm, which is green, so a green glow carries furthest in the dark.
What colour is mental health awareness?
Lime green. Saint Peter’s University describes it as the official colour of mental health awareness, and Conference USA runs Green Out Games.
Can we get green and gold pom poms in one set?
Yes. A split set puts green in one hand and gold in the other; tell us the split when you ask for a quote.
How much do green light-up pom poms cost for a team?
Our team rate is $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs. A high school squad of 14 with two spares is 16 pairs, or $1,920 at that rate.
See also: cheer pom pom colour guide, high school cheer and pep squads and basketball cheer.
Sources: Wikipedia: luminous efficiency function, Wikipedia: Bayer filter, Saint Peter’s University Athletics, Conference USA, National Foundation for Cancer Research.
Saint Peter’s University and Conference USA are named as public examples; neither is affiliated with Neon Cowboys.
Questions: info@neoncowboys.com.
Find your kind of team: light-up pom poms for every team (youth football, high school, college, all-star, studio, club and military academy squads), plus Two-Color Pom Poms in Your Team Colors: Split Pairs, School Color Combos and Switching by Remote and LED Pom Pom Team Pricing: What $120 a Pair on 10+ Pairs Covers.
