Day-Glo

(dā′glō′)

A trademark for fluorescent coloring agents and materials. This trademark sometimes occurs in print in lowercase: "The troupe's staging ... follows Alice's fantasy romp through day-glo daisies, past a smiling Cheshire cat" (Los Angeles Times).

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Day-Glo

(Colours) trademark

a. a brand of fluorescent colouring materials, as of paint

b. (as modifier): Day-Glo colours.

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Day-Glo

(ˈdeɪˌgloʊ)
Trademark.

a brand of pigments and other products that fluoresce in daylight.

Translations

Day-glo

® [ˈdeɪgləʊ] ADJ [colours etc] → fosforescente, fosforito

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And it appeared at one stage that some of the day-glo gunk he'd used on his mush had rubbed off on lily white SJP, 43.

You know when you've been Valentango'd! AND WATCH OUT SJP, IT RUBS OFF.

Poor old Des is matched to Day-Glo orange and just to take the biscuit, also earns himself the nickname Mr Jaffa.

ORANGE APPEAL; Des is the Day-Glo man of TV

In the back room, three Nolandesque tondos with Day-Glo rings--far out!

James Meyer

Kate was joined by sister Pippa for the Day-Glo Charity Roller Disco at the Renaissance Rooms in Vauxhall, South London.

Waity Katy gets on her skaties.

Not surprising really - well, would you want your picture taken while wearing an orange-stained T-shirt and matching day-glo moustache.

Are you sure you're fit to drive, Jordan?

The 41-year-old fighter, relaunched in 1996 as a day-glo clad eco-warrior, could not compete with another retro superhero, Spider-Man.

Action Man killed by Spider-Man; EXCLUSIVE BOYS' TOY FIGHTER FLOPS IN SUPERHEROES BATTLE

WHEN you think of cowboy movies, day-glo colours, stick-on spiv moustaches and kitsch melodrama are the last things on your mind.

TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER (18)

His art and career have always been outsize in every sense, from the less-than-zero "Black Paintings" of 1959--60 to the giant, Day-Glo late-'60s "Protractor" series and wild relief paintings of the '70s and '80s.

FRANK STELLA

The 41-year-old all-British fighter, relaunched in 1996 as day-glo clad eco-warrior, could not compete with another retro superhero, Spider-Man.

Action Man killed by Spider-Man; EXCLUSIVE TRUE BRIT FIGHTER FLOPS IN SUPERHEROES BATTLE

Not that there's much that's offensive or scary here, except possibly thousands of Day-Glo furballs doing frenetic song-and-dance numbers.

ELMO IN GROUCHLAND (U)

Peter Halley, Day-Glo incarnate, blazed, while Andy Warhol nearly vanished into the Day-Glo of his own wallpaper.

"THE AMERICAN CENTURY: ART & CULTURE 1900-2000"

They were too young to feel the full blast of the first summer of rave back in 1989, but in the past 12 months The Klaxons have brought the joys of getting on one, having it large and day-glo fashion to a young audience.