OK, now that we know National Coming Out Day rates a full-on rainbow light show for the Duke Energy Building, as determined by light-switch controller Wells Fargo, what else should get the treatment? Glad you asked:

  • Oct. 24th — United Nations Day — light blue
  • Halloween — black and orange
  • Election Day — yellow (caution)
  • Divali — many sparkling lights
  • Veterans Day — red, white, and blue
  • Hanukkah — blue
  • Christmas — green and red
  • Kwanzaa — green, red, and black can it do that?
  • New Year’s — strobe
  • Epiphany — gold
  • MLK Day — tough one, have to come back to it
  • Groundhog Day — dark on one side, light on the other
  • Chinese New Year — red and yellow
  • Valentine’s Day — pink
  • Mawlid al-Nabi — green
  • St. Patrick’s Day — green and orange
  • Holy Thursday-Good Friday-Easter — purple
  • Earth Day — green and blue
  • May Day — red
  • Cinco de Mayo — red, white, and green
  • Armed Forces Day — red, white, and blue
  • Memorial Day — red, white, and blue
  • Flag Day — can it do a flag motif?
  • Stonewall Rebellion Day — rainbow
  • Independence Day — red, white, and blue
  • Lammas — yellow, orange, and red
  • Yom Kippur — blue

There, that seems a pretty decent start.