Apple should have made the MacBook logo RGB

<figure> <img alt="An edited photo of a MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, showing its Apple lid logo illuminated in red and a graphic of an RGB color picker circle around it." data-caption="Get that apple back to its rainbow roots, but for a new generation. | Image: The Verge" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/268868_Apple_added_LEDs_to_its_logo_on_the_MacBook_Pro_and_now_I_want_RGB_CVirginia.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Get that apple back to its rainbow roots, but for a new generation. | Image: The Verge </figcaption> </figure> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">When Apple CEO John Ternus announced the first touchscreen Mac last month, the biggest reaction in the room wasn't for the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1026570/apple-macbook-pro-proled-xdr-display-review">PROLED MacBook Pro</a>'s OLED touchscreen or the thinner and lighter chassis; it was for the illuminated lid logo. It's a throwback to the light-up logos on the old MacBooks, which Apple <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2015/4/9/8372335/12-inch-macbook-review">started phasing out in 2015</a>, and which were completely gone by the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/6/18064552/macbook-air-2018-review-retina-keyboard-apple-features-battery-price">2018 MacBook Air redesign</a>. It's a nostalgia play, but boy did it work. It's fun!</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Just like in the old days, the new logo's brightness is linked to the screen's: The brighter or dimmer the screen, the brighter or dimmer the logo. But the light-up logo on the old MacBooks was …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1032550/apple-macbook-pro-proled-xdr-lid-logo-led-rgb-colors">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>