terminal green

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> indie-web_   terminal green is both a specific shade of green (#4AF262) and a design aesthetic based on that or a similar bright green on black (usually monospace) text as a nod to 20th century (1970s) green phosphorous monochrome computer terminals, used on a few personal sites, and sometimes as a site theme, or a temporary blog theme.

Colors

Terminal green is hex color:

• #4AF262 per https://www.colourlovers.com/color/4AF626/Terminal_Green

There is a related "Neon green" color (AKA Pantone “Green Gecko”) hex color #39FF14 (https://www.colorhexa.com/39ff14)

IndieWeb Examples

by rough (estimated) order of publishing

• 2000? JWZ: https://jwz.org/
• 2003 Tantek Çelik: for two months of his blog
  • 2003-04 https://tantek.com/log/2003/04.html
  • 2003-05 https://tantek.com/log/2003/05.html
  • and present theme accessible by clicking the 📺 emoji in his sidebar:
    • https://tantek.com/?skin=vtx
• 2024? Template:nemonical: https://nemonical.art/
• 2026-02-09 Naty S: created a terminal-look code block style on her Hugo blog for the caw page
  • Since then, she re-uses the style (with targeted CSS class name) in posts where some ASCII art might be fun to include, for example:
    • 2026-02-24 Weeknote 2026-W08: A11y, WCAG & KeepAndroidOpen

Software

• WordPress theme: https://wordpress.org/themes/retrogeek/

Articles

• 2018-10-23 Color Story: “Terminal Green” / Maxwell Neely-Cohen Considers Fashion’s Obsession With The Most Cyberpunk Shade Of Emerald
• 2019-11-18 AIGA: It’s Not Just You—the Neon Glow of “Terminal Green” Really is Ubiquitous / This trend's hard to miss

See Also

• design
• hacker photos
• 1970s