# Updated: Prism

By Steven Van · 2026-10-12

Prism, a React Bits background, now follows the cursor, accepts custom colors and drops its extra dependencies.

Prism, the rotating spectral-light background in [React Bits](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/resources/react-bits>), has been [updated](<https://reactbits.dev/backgrounds/prism>) to run several times faster, with no extra dependencies.

## What changed

- It tilts toward the cursor.

- It fades in.

- It takes custom colors.

- Light mode is cleaner.

- The 3D rotation now works.

## Installing it

The component page offers JavaScript or TypeScript, with plain CSS or Tailwind. The TypeScript and Tailwind version installs with npx shadcn@latest add @react-bits/Prism-TS-TW.

![React Bits](<https://reactbits.dev/favicon.ico>)

React Bits

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[View React Bits →](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/resources/react-bits>)

Sources

[Original source](<https://reactbits.dev/backgrounds/prism>)

[Read Updated: Prism on Creators Toolbox](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/react-bits-updated-prism>)

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Canonical source: https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/react-bits-updated-prism