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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 purple and gold, purple and white and purple and silver squads: our LED pom poms keep purple bright after dark, when metallic purple fades, and switch together by remote to a purple and gold split or lavender for a cause night. Team pricing is $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs.
Which teams order purple pom poms?
| Team colours | How the poms carry them |
|---|---|
| Purple and gold | Purple poms with gold as the split or the accent |
| Purple and white | Purple poms, with white on the uniform or the second pom |
| Purple and silver | Purple light over silver metallic streamers |
| Purple and black | Purple poms; the uniform carries the black |
LSU’s official colours are royal purple and old gold (source: LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers), and its Golden Girls dance line has performed with the Tiger Band since 1959, at every home football game and at away games when the full band travels (source: LSU Golden Girls). That is the typical purple order: a line or squad that performs all season, so the poms have to work at day games, night games and indoor events, not one night.
How does purple read under stadium lights, in a dark gym and on camera?
| Where you perform | Metallic purple | Light-up purple |
|---|---|---|
| Daytime game | Rich and saturated | Purple, with metallic shine |
| Night game under floodlights | Reads darker than gold or silver beside it | Holds the purple; the glow is subtle under full floodlights |
| Gym or arena with the lights down | Close to black | The brightest purple in the room |
| Phone video | Dark streamers between flashes | Worth a test clip; mixed colours can lean blue or pink on some cameras |
Purple light is a mix of red and blue, and the eye reads both as dimmer than green or yellow light. So a purple pom always looks deeper than a gold or white one at the same distance. That is why purple squads add a metallic accent for day games, and why lights-down moments are where light-up purple pays for itself. Before the first night game, film ten seconds on the phone your media team uses, under your own lights. More on this in stadium floodlights vs dark arenas.
Metallic purple or light-up purple: which does the squad need?
- Metallic purple is enough for a schedule of daytime football and well-lit gyms. It is the cheaper set, and it shines where light hits it.
- Light-up purple earns its price when the calendar has night games, lights-down intros, halftime light shows or cause nights. Our light-up poms use purple metallic streamers if you choose them, so the set still shines in daylight.
- Count the colour sets you would otherwise buy: a purple set, a gold set for splits, a lavender or pink set for cause nights. A light-up set replaces all of them, because the colour is set by remote.
Our team-order metallic streamer colours are teal, orange, hot pink, purple, green, silver, red, blue, gold and white. Purple is on the list.
How do purple and gold split sets work?
A split set puts one team colour in each hand: the raised pom in purple, the low pom in gold, so every arm motion shows both colours from the stands. Purple and gold is the most searched purple pairing, and a split shows both colours on every count.
- Pick the lead colour. The raised pom is the one the crowd reads first.
- Plan the gold honestly. No light is metallic gold. The gold side is a warm yellow-gold light over gold metallic streamers, which shine under the lights.
- Send your exact shades. School purples run from royal purple to deep violet, and golds from old gold to bright yellow-gold. A uniform photo beats a colour name.
- Rehearse the switch. One remote moves the whole squad, so a split can change to all-purple on a count.
For purple and white, white light is the brightest setting on the pom, so it will lead any split it is in.
Which nights call for purple?
| Night | When | Colour |
|---|---|---|
| Pancreatic cancer awareness | November | Purple |
| Purple Up! for military kids, during the Month of the Military Child | April | Purple |
| Domestic Violence Awareness Month | October | Purple |
| Hodgkin lymphoma awareness | September | Violet |
| All-cancers nights, such as Hockey Fights Cancer | Varies | Lavender |
Sources: ribbon colours and months from the National Foundation for Cancer Research; April as the Month of the Military Child and wearing purple to thank military children from Virtual Lab School; one campus asks its community to wear purple every Thursday in October for Domestic Violence Awareness Month (Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi). A purple team already owns the colour for these nights. A team in other colours switches to purple or lavender by remote for the night and back after it. For lavender nights, see Hockey Fights Cancer night ideas and Coaches vs. Cancer night ideas.
How many purple pom poms does a squad need?
One pair per performer plus two spares, ordered together so every pair matches. At our team rate of $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs:
| Group | Pairs | Cost at the team rate |
|---|---|---|
| Dance line of 12 | 14 | $1,680 |
| Cheer squad of 20 | 22 | $2,640 |
| Band dance line and cheer, 32 together | 34 | $4,080 |
The same set covers game-day purple, the gold side of a split and every cause night in the table above.
Who pays for a purple pom set?
- The squad or dance line budget, when the set replaces poms it would buy anyway.
- The band budget, for dance lines that perform as part of a marching band.
- The booster club, since one set serves both football and basketball seasons.
- A sponsor of a purple cause night, such as a local health provider or a military-family partner on Purple Up! day.
Put the cause nights on the quote request; a sponsor is easier to sign when the night is already on the calendar.
What should a coach send with a purple order?
- A photo of the uniform in daylight, so we can see your purple.
- The second colour and the split: which hand, which colour.
- The streamer colour from our team-order list.
- The headcount, plus spares.
- Your first night game or lights-down moment, and any purple cause nights.
How do you order purple pom poms for the team?
Email or DM us with the squad size, your purple and second colour, the split you want and your first night 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
What colours go with purple pom poms?
Gold, white, silver and black. Purple and gold is the most searched pairing, usually as a split set with one colour in each hand.
Do light-up pom poms come in purple?
Yes. Purple is one of our team-order metallic streamer colours, and the light switches to purple or any other colour by remote.
What is purple the awareness colour for?
Pancreatic cancer in November, Purple Up! for military kids in April and Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October. Lavender represents all cancers.
Why do purple poms look dark at night games?
Purple reflects little light, and the eye reads red and blue light as dimmer than green or yellow. A metallic purple pom goes close to black once the lights drop; a light-up pom makes its own purple.
Can one set do purple and gold?
Yes. A split set runs the raised pom in purple and the low pom in gold, and the whole squad can switch to all-purple together by remote.
How much do purple light-up pom poms cost for a team?
Our team rate is $120 a pair on 10 or more pairs. A cheer squad of 20 with two spares is 22 pairs, or $2,640 at that rate.
See also: cheer pom pom colours by team, LED poms for dance, drill and majorette lines and cancer awareness night ideas.
Sources: LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers, LSU Golden Girls, National Foundation for Cancer Research, Virtual Lab School, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi.
Hockey Fights Cancer is a program of the NHL and NHLPA, and Coaches vs. Cancer a registered mark of the American Cancer Society; neither is affiliated with Neon Cowboys.
School and team names here describe their colours only; none 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 Purple Out Game Ideas: Purple Up, Awareness Nights and Purple Team Colors and Color Out Game Ideas: Pink Out, Whiteout, Gold Out and a Night for Every Color.
