LSU Tigers Light Designs

In Louisiana, LSU is not a team. It is a way of life. From the moment the calendar flips to August and Tiger Stadium starts shaking on Saturday nights, to the crack of the bat at Alex Box during a College World Series run, to the gymnastics meets that pack the PMAC, Geaux Tigers is shouted from porches, tailgates, and front yards across the state. And in Lake Charles — just 2.5 hours from Baton Rouge and squarely in the heart of LSU country — that pride deserves more than a flag in the yard.

This guide covers the best LSU Tigers light designs for permanent lighting systems, including our signature 1 Purple, 1 Gold pattern, app setup tips, game day scheduling, and a multi-sport calendar that takes Royal Purple and Old Gold from football season all the way through gymnastics, basketball, and baseball.

For a quick look at how app-controlled patterns work, explore our Designs page and the live GOULY app preview. Lake Charles homeowners can also see local installs on our Lake Charles service page.

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Why permanent lights are the ultimate Tigers game day upgrade

Forget the magnet on the bumper. Your house is now the biggest piece of LSU gear you own.

• No setup, no teardown. One tap in the GOULY app and your roofline blazes Royal Purple and Old Gold. After the game, switch back to warm white, or leave the purple and gold outdoor lights burning all the way to the next Saturday.
• Visible from the street. Neighbours, dog walkers, and anyone cutting through your subdivision sees it. During a CFB Saturday or a CWS run, entire streets in Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, and beyond glow purple and gold. Your home sets the tone.
• Instant atmosphere. Hosting a watch party? Your exterior matches the energy before guests step out of the truck. Pair it with interior smart lights and the whole house bleeds Tiger colours.
• Works for every sport, every season. Football, baseball, basketball, gymnastics, softball, beach volleyball — one saved LSU scene covers them all. Permanent LSU outdoor lights are not a football-only investment.

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The LSU Tigers colour palette for permanent lights

The official Louisiana State University colours translate beautifully to RGBW permanent lighting. The trick is dialling the purple deep enough and the gold warm enough to read as LSU and not "Lakers" or "Mardi Gras." Our RGBW LED puck lighting hits those exact tones:

The Royal Purple and Old Gold combo is what makes LSU instantly recognisable. Lakers purple is bluer. Vikings purple is brighter. Northwestern purple is pinker. LSU purple is deep and royal, and the gold is not a sharp lemon yellow — it is old, warm, and slightly amber, the colour of a championship trophy under stadium lights. Get those two tones right and the pattern reads as LSU from a block away.

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Top LSU Tigers light patterns

These are the most popular LSU Tigers lights patterns homeowners run on permanent lighting systems across Louisiana:

1. 1 Purple, 1 Gold alternating (the Death Valley signature)

The signature LSU permanent lights pattern. One Royal Purple node, one Old Gold node, repeating across the entire eave line. Clean, balanced, and immediately readable as Tiger Stadium colours.

• Pattern: Purple, Gold, Purple, Gold (repeating)
• Mode: Static
• Best for: Every home style. This is the go-to for LSU fans.
• App setup: Two-node repeating pattern: Purple at 100 percent saturation, Gold at 100 percent brightness

This is the pattern we recommend to most homeowners. It is the visual shorthand for Death Valley lights — the same crisp purple-and-gold rhythm you see on the helmet, the field, and the stadium itself.

2. 2 Purple, 1 Gold (purple-dominant SEC look)

The classic SEC fan-front lean. Two purple nodes for every one gold, giving the roofline a Royal Purple dominant tone with gold accents that pop. This is the most common look on game day in Baton Rouge.

• Pattern: Purple, Purple, Gold, Purple, Purple, Gold (repeating)
• Mode: Static
• Best for: Two-storey homes and longer eave runs where the purple base reads at scale
• App setup: Three-node repeating pattern, all colours at full brightness

3. Tiger stripes (purple, gold, purple, off)

A nod to actual tiger stripes — alternating bands of purple and gold separated by deliberately dark nodes that mimic the dark stripes of Mike the Tiger's coat.

• Pattern: Purple, Gold, Purple, Off, Purple, Gold, Purple, Off (repeating)
• Mode: Static
• Best for: Homeowners who want a clever pattern with a story behind it
• App setup: Four-node repeating pattern with one node turned fully off to create the "stripe gap"

4. Eye of the Tiger chase

A full purple and gold chase animation that makes the colours appear to move along the roofline. Named for the prowling, predatory energy of Tiger Stadium on a Saturday night.

• Pattern: Purple, Gold (repeating)
• Mode: Chase at 2 to 3 second speed
• Best for: Longer rooflines on two-storey and estate homes where the motion effect reads from the street
• App setup: Two-node repeating pattern with chase animation enabled

5. All-purple wash ("Tiger Bait" anti-rivalry nights)

A full Royal Purple roofline at 100 percent. No gold, no white — just a solid wall of LSU purple. Bring this one out when a rival team rolls into town and you want to throw "Tiger Bait" at them from your own front yard.

• Pattern: Solid Royal Purple across the entire roofline
• Mode: Static
• Best for: Anti-rivalry game nights (Alabama, Ole Miss, Texas A&M), big primetime games
• App setup: Set all nodes to Purple at 100 percent

6. Geaux Gold (gold-heavy for big wins and championship nights)

The mirror of the all-purple wash, but heavy on Old Gold with purple accents. Pull this one out for championship nights — SEC titles, CFP runs, College World Series victories, gymnastics national titles.

• Pattern: Gold, Gold, Gold, Purple (repeating)
• Mode: Static, or slow crossfade for a "trophy under the lights" glow
• Best for: Championship celebrations, milestone wins, signing day
• App setup: Four-node repeating pattern, gold dialled warm and rich

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Football, baseball, basketball, gymnastics: LSU patterns for every season

LSU is one of a small handful of programs where the fanbase shows up for every sport. Permanent LSU house lights are a year-round investment, not a fall-only one. Here is how to map your patterns across the calendar:

The beauty of permanent Louisiana State University lights is that you save each of these as a scene in the GOULY app. Football Saturday is one tap. CWS championship night is another tap. Gymnastics meet on a Friday night is a third tap. Same hardware, same install, different scenes.

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LSU rivals: scene swaps for big games

Every LSU schedule has a handful of games that matter more than the rest. Permanent lights let you swap your scene the moment a rivalry game hits the schedule.

Game-night swap idea: schedule your LSU football lights to flip from your everyday scene to the rivalry scene 90 minutes before kickoff, and back to a victory or quiet scene at the end of the game. The whole street notices.

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How to set up LSU scenes in the GOULY app

Setting up your LSU lighting scene takes about 2 minutes:

1. Open the GOULY app and navigate to your home profile
2. Create a folder called "LSU Tigers" — this becomes the home for all your Tiger scenes
3. Create your first scene ("Game Day") and set the 1 Purple, 1 Gold alternating pattern
4. Dial the colours: Royal Purple at 100 percent saturation (not a blue-shifted purple), Old Gold at a warm amber lean (not a sharp lemon yellow)
5. Set the animation mode (static for clean game day look, chase for rivalry games or championship nights)
6. Set a schedule so lights turn on automatically 60 to 90 minutes before kickoff and switch to a victory or quiet scene at the final whistle

Pro tips for LSU game day lighting

• Full saturation on purple. Royal Purple #461D7C only reads as LSU when it is fully saturated. A washed-out purple looks like a generic spring pastel — bring it all the way down to the deep royal tone.
• Warmer gold than yellow gold. Old Gold leans amber. If your gold looks like a school-bus yellow or a lemon, dial it warmer in the colour wheel until it reads as a championship-trophy gold.
• Schedule auto-on for kickoff. Set the schedule to fire 60 to 90 minutes before kickoff for home games and at sunset for away games. You never have to think about it.
• Save a "Victory Gold" scene. A quick one-tap switch to Geaux Gold after a win turns your house into a celebration the entire street can see.
• Pair with a "Quiet Warm White" scene. After a loss, your roofline does not have to broadcast it. One tap to warm white and the night is over.

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LSU designs by home style

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Game day scheduling: from tailgate to victory

Here is a full Saturday football game day schedule that takes you from the morning tailgate setup all the way to a postgame victory wash. Build this once in the GOULY app and your lights run the whole day on autopilot:

Set these once. Run them every Saturday from August through January.

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Permanent lights for Lake Charles LSU fans

Lake Charles is some of the heaviest LSU country in the state. The drive to Tiger Stadium is just 2.5 hours up I-10. The bars on Ryan Street pack out every Saturday in the fall. And every neighbourhood from Prien Lake to Moss Bluff has porches flying purple and gold flags from August through January.

Number One Lights installs Lake Charles LSU lights across Southwest Louisiana — Lake Charles itself, Sulphur, Moss Bluff, Iowa, Westlake, and surrounding parishes. Our Lake Charles service area covers the full Calcasieu Parish footprint and the lighting systems we install are RGBW, app-controlled, and ready to flip from Tiger Purple and Old Gold to any other scene in seconds.

A few Lake Charles-specific notes:

• CFB season runs August through January. Your LSU football lights can stay programmed for the full half of the year, with rivalry-night overrides as they come.
• Pair with a Saints scene on Sunday. Lake Charles is a Saints town as much as it is an LSU town. Save a black-and-gold Saints folder right next to your LSU folder and tap between them on autumn weekends.
• Mardi Gras carries over. The same hardware that runs your LSU purple and gold runs your Mardi Gras outdoor light designs — purple, green, and gold — every February. One install, two of Louisiana's biggest cultural events covered.
• Hurricane-grade install. Lake Charles knows hurricane season. Our permanent lighting hardware is installed to withstand Gulf Coast wind and rain, and the puck mounts and channel are rated for the conditions.

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LSU light ideas you can steal

Five named scenes to save in your GOULY app folder:

1. The Tiger Stadium — 2 Purple, 1 Gold static at full saturation. The classic Saturday night Death Valley look.
2. The Geaux Gold — Gold-heavy with purple accents. Saved for big wins, championship nights, and signing day.
3. The Death Valley Chase — Purple and gold chase animation. Bring it out for primetime games and rivalry weeks.
4. The Saturday Night — Slow crossfade between Royal Purple and Old Gold. A subtler, gameday-evening glow for hosting on the porch.
5. The Championship Glow — All-gold wash with a single purple node every 8 lights. Saved for the moments LSU lifts a trophy — and there have been a lot of those lately.

Save all five in your "LSU Tigers" folder in the GOULY app. Tap between them all season.

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What about LSU baseball and the College World Series?

LSU baseball is not a side show — it is one of the crown jewels of the program. The Skip Bertman dynasty built the foundation, Paul Mainieri kept the standard, and the recent Jay Johnson era has carried the Geaux Tigers banner all the way back to Omaha with a 2023 College World Series national championship and another deep run that had the whole state watching.

The College World Series runs mid-to-late June every year, which means your LSU baseball lights light up your roofline in the long Louisiana evenings — sunset around 8:15 PM, dusk lingering past 9 PM. Your permanent lights have a long, warm window to be seen.

Same purple and gold palette works. Suggested baseball-season patterns:

• Regular season (Feb to May): 1 Purple, 1 Gold alternating, static
• SEC Tournament week: 2 Purple, 1 Gold, full saturation
• Super Regional weekend: Eye of the Tiger chase
• College World Series in Omaha: Geaux Gold every night LSU is playing, victory wash after wins
• National Championship clinch: The Championship Glow scene, all night, no apologies

Save these as a separate "LSU Baseball" folder so your CWS-run lighting is one tap away when the bracket gets serious in June.

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Cost of LSU permanent lights for Louisiana homeowners

If you already have a permanent lighting system installed, running LSU light designs costs nothing extra. There is no new hardware, no game-day surcharge, no seasonal add-on. You use the same RGBW system you use for Mardi Gras, Christmas, Halloween, and everyday curb appeal.

If you do not have permanent lights yet, an LSU-ready system is the same as any other permanent lighting install:

Every system we install includes RGBW nodes with individually addressable control. Royal Purple, Old Gold, Mardi Gras green, Saints black-and-gold, Christmas red and green, and everyday warm white are all included from day one. See more sports lighting work on our sports lighting page and our gallery.

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FAQ

• How do I get the true LSU Royal Purple from my lights? Use the GOULY app colour wheel and dial in #461D7C — a deep purple with a slight red lean (not the blue-shifted purple you get from a default "purple" preset). Run it at 100 percent saturation and 100 percent brightness so it reads as royal, not pastel.
• What about Old Gold — can I get the warm trophy gold and not a school-bus yellow? Yes. Old Gold (#FDD023) leans warm and slightly amber. In the app, drag the colour picker toward the orange side of yellow until it reads as a warm metallic gold rather than a sharp lemon. Pair with the purple at full saturation and the contrast pops.
• Can the lights flicker or flash on touchdowns? Yes. The GOULY app supports manual one-tap scene changes, so you can fire a "touchdown" flash — quick purple-and-gold chase for 10 to 15 seconds — every time LSU scores. Some homeowners assign a quick-access tile to the touchdown scene so it is a single tap on the phone.
• Do you ship a Mike the Tiger mascot scene? Not as a pre-built mascot animation, but the Tiger Stripes pattern (purple, gold, purple, off) is our visual nod to Mike. Save it as "Mike the Tiger" in your folder and you have a mascot-coded scene ready to go.
• What about hurricane season? Will my lights survive a Lake Charles storm? Our permanent lighting hardware is rated for Gulf Coast conditions — wind, rain, and humidity. We install with hurricane-grade mounting and recommend a controlled shutdown procedure when a named storm is forecast. After the storm, your scenes are still saved in the app and the system comes back online instantly. See more on our system overview.
• What is the schedule difference between LSU home games and away games? For home games at Tiger Stadium, schedule your scene to start 60 to 90 minutes before kickoff and run through the postgame celebration. For away games, schedule it to start at sunset (so it is lit through the broadcast window) and switch to a victory or quiet scene at the final whistle. The GOULY app lets you save both schedules and toggle between them for the week.

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