Palm Springs Colors
Inspired by memorable lightings around the country during COVID, two Palm Springs residents have taken the idea to heart – and to home.
Begun on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2021, Alfredo Casuso & David Perry light up the LED powered palm trees in front of their Los Compadres home in ever changing rainbow hues to mark important days in history, national commemorations honoring nonprofits and charities and other significant dates.
It’s an idea they hope will grow and get picked up and magnified at a community and official level.
Schedule
2023
September 9: (purple) in recognition of Suicide Prevention Month
September 10: (gold) in recognition of Pediatric Cancer Awareness
September 11: (blue) 9/11 Memoriam
September 15: (green/white/red) in recognition of the National Day of Mexico
September 21: (white) World Peace Day
August 10 — White: In memory of those lost in the Maui, Hawai’i firestorm
August 15 — Green / White / Red: Ferrogosto Italian Celebration
August 21 — Blue: National Senior Citizens Day
August 24 — Blue / Yellow: Ukrainian Independence Day
August 26 — White: Womens Equality Day
July 3: Red / Gold (colors of the flag of Spain) – July 3, 2005, Spain becomes 4th country to legalize same-sex marriage.
July 4: red/white/blue – United States Independence Day
July 14: red/white/blue – in recognition of the National Day of France
July 26: purple – in recognition of the 33rd Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
July 28: red/white – in recognition of the National Day of Peru
March 1: St. David’s Day / Wales: (GREEN & YELLOW)
March 8: International Women’s Day (PINK & WHITE)
March 17: St. Patrick’s Day (GREEN)
March 20: Earth Day (BLUE & GREEN)
March 25: Greece National Day:( BLUE & WHITE)
March 31: International Transgender Day of Visibility (PINK, TEAL, WHITE)
February 6, 2023 – red/white/blue – in recognition of National Cancer Prevention Month
February 8: GOLD To Mark Palm Springs New Sister City San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
February 14, 2023 – red/pink – in recognition of Valentine’s Day
February 20, 2023 – red/white/blue – in recognition of the President’s Day Holiday
February 23, 2023 – red/white – in recognition of the National Day of Japan
January 9: National Law Enforcement Day (BLUE)
January 16: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (RED / WHITE / BLUE)
January 21: Lunar New Year’s Eve “Year of the Rabbit” (RED)
January 27: Holocaust Memorial Day (BLUE & WHITE)
2022
December 5: 2022: International Day of People with Disabilities PURPLE
December 10: 2022: World Human Rights Day ORANGE
December 11 – January 6: Christmas, New Year’s & Holiday Season RED & GREEN
November 1: National Author’s Day (TEAL)
November 7: National Cancer Awareness Day (RED)
November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance (Pink & Blue)
November 24: Thanksgiving (ORANGE)
October 1 — Raccoon Appreciation Day (BLUE)
October 4 — Feast of St. Francis (RED, WHITE, GREEN) – colors of the flag of Italy
October 10 – Indigenous Peoples Day (ORANGE & BLUE)
October 11—National Coming Out Day (RAINBOW)
October 12 — National Day of Spain (RED / GOLD)
October 24 — United Nations Day (LIGHT BLUE & WHITE)
October 30 — National Publicist Day (TEAL)
October 31 — All Hallow’s Eve (ORANGE)
June 2 — Italian Unification Day: GREEN, WHITE & RED
June 8 — World Oceans Day: BLUE & GREEN
June 12 — National Children’s Day: BLUE
June 19 — Juneteenth: RED, BLACK & GREEN
May 8 — Mother’s Day: BLUE
May 12 — International Nurses Day: RED & WHITE
May 16 — Honor our LGBT Elders Day: RAINBOW COLORS
May 22 — National Maritime Day: BLUE & GREEN
May 30 — Memorial Day: RED, WHITE, BLUE
April 22 — Earth Day: BLUE
April 25 — “The Perfect Date”: PINK & WHITE
April 29 — Arbor Day: GREEN
March 1 – 7 — Ukrainian Colors: BLUE & YELLOW
March 8 — International Women’s Day: PURPLE
March 17 —St. Patrick’s Day: GREEN
March 21 — Earth Day: BLUE
March 25 — Greece National Day: BLUE & WHITE
February 1 — In celebration of the Lunar New Year – The Year of the Tiger : RED / GOLD
February 3 — In celebration of Black History Month: RED / GREEN
February 4 — In recognition of World Cancer Day: BLUE / ORANGE
February 21 — In recognition of the President’s Day Holiday : RED / WHITE / BLUE
June 12 — National Children’s Day: BLUE