Disco Backgrounds and Party Sparkle

What is in this collection

The disco core is mirror tiles: a silver mirror tile wall like a flattened disco ball, gold mirror mosaic, mirror tiles washed in pink and violet light, mirror tiles scattered with rainbow party light, and navy velvet dotted with mirror-ball light spots. The holographic and iridescent group has crinkled silver holographic foil, pastel holographic foil in soft waves, crumpled iridescent film on white and draped pink and purple film. Confetti comes as bright paper confetti on pale pink, gold foil confetti on black and confetti falling over purple bokeh. This collection also gathers party sparkle from other texture collections: shimmer walls, mermaid and rainbow sequins, chunky silver, hot pink, holographic and rainbow glitter, and foil fringe and tinsel curtains in most colours.

Holographic, iridescent and confetti backgrounds

A holographic background throws rainbow colour from a metallic base: the crinkled silver foil is the most futuristic, good for Y2K and space-age parties, while the pastel holographic waves are softer and suit unicorn and mermaid birthdays. An iridescent background is lighter and more see-through, and the crumpled film on white is the brightest choice here, so it takes dark text well. Confetti backgrounds are the easiest for templates, because the colour is scattered with space between the pieces: the paper confetti on pale pink suits kids' parties and baby showers, and gold confetti on black suits New Year. For a tinsel backdrop, the full range of colours is in foil fringe backdrops, and finer sparkle is in glitter backgrounds.

Tips for using these backgrounds

• Add coloured rim light. The mirror tiles in pink and violet light, the navy mirror-ball spots and the rainbow party light have coloured light in them. A matching coloured rim light, or a soft colour wash on the edges of your subject, makes the composite look shot on the dance floor.
• Let the sparkle sit behind the face. Mirror tiles and foil pull the eye. Expose for faces, then darken or blur the background layer a little if the subject gets lost.
• Use confetti and iridescent film for busy layouts. They have the most open space, so 2 x 6 strips with several photos and 4 x 6 prints with text stay readable. Save the mirror tiles for full-frame portraits and single-photo layouts.

These are AI-generated textures rather than photos of real foil or mirror tiles. For strip and print layouts, see photo booth backgrounds.