New Year Background Generator
Make a New Year background: fireworks bursting over a city skyline, gold numerals with bokeh, a neon 2027, sparkler numerals or a midnight clock. Type your own year or time, for example 2027, 00:00 or 31.12.2026, and choose gold, silver, neon or sparkler numerals, or no text. Set the fireworks, sparkles, bokeh and the skyline. Every picture comes from a seed number: the same seed, text and size always give the same picture, and New seed gives you new fireworks. Press Animate fireworks to watch the bursts in the preview. Choose desktop, 4K, phone, a 16:9 video-call background (for Zoom, Teams or Meet), tablet, square, banner or your own size up to 4096 pixels. It is artwork drawn by our code, not a photograph. Download a PNG or JPG, or a PDF to print. Nothing is uploaded.
100% private — everything runs in your browser. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
The preview is the same picture drawn smaller; Animate fireworks replays the bursts in the preview only. PNG and JPG download at the full size; the PDF fits the picture on one page.
Picture
Your year or time
Fireworks and sparkle
Runs in your browser with our own code: nothing you type is uploaded or saved. Every firework, sparkle and numeral is drawn by our own code from the seed; it is artwork, not a photograph. You may use what you make here, including commercially, with no credit needed.
How to make a New Year background
- Pick a preset: fireworks over the city, gold numerals, neon, sparkler, midnight clock and more.
- Type your year or time (2027 by default) and choose the text style.
- Set the fireworks, sparks per burst, sparkles, bokeh and skyline.
- Press New seed until you like the fireworks.
- Press Animate fireworks to see them burst, and Stop when you like.
- Choose a size and download the PNG or JPG, or the print PDF.
What you can use it for
- Desktop and phone wallpapers for New Year’s Eve
- Video-call backgrounds for the countdown
- Party flyers, menus and slides
- Social posts and stories
- Countdown screens and stream backgrounds
- Website and newsletter headers
The 12 presets
| Preset | Colours | Text | Bursts × sparks | Sparkles | Skyline | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fireworks over the city | Midnight blue and gold | “2027”, gold with glow | 9 × 90 | 120 | yes | 1920 × 1080 |
| Gold numerals and bokeh | Black and gold | “2027”, gold with glow | 3 × 70 | 220 | – | 1920 × 1080 |
| Neon 2027 | Purple and pink | “2027”, neon tube | 5 × 80 | 140 | – | 1920 × 1080 |
| Sparkler numerals | Black and gold | “2027”, sparkler dots | 2 × 60 | 300 | – | 1920 × 1080 |
| Midnight clock 00:00 | Midnight blue and gold | “00:00”, silver with glow | 6 × 80 | 120 | yes | 1920 × 1080 |
| Skyline fireworks, no text | Midnight blue and gold | none | 14 × 110 | 80 | yes | 1920 × 1080 |
| Red and gold | Red and gold | “2027”, gold with glow | 6 × 90 | 160 | – | 1920 × 1080 |
| Teal and silver | Teal and silver | “2027”, silver with glow | 7 × 90 | 140 | yes | 1920 × 1080 |
| Black and silver, minimal | Black and silver | “2027”, silver with glow | 2 × 70 | 90 | – | 1920 × 1080 |
| Video call: soft fireworks | Midnight blue and gold | none | 5 × 70 | 60 | yes | 1920 × 1080 |
| Phone wallpaper: 2027 fireworks | Purple and pink | “2027”, gold with glow | 8 × 90 | 200 | yes | 1170 × 2532 |
| 4K fireworks and gold 2027 | Black and gold | “2027”, gold with glow | 12 × 120 | 260 | yes | 3840 × 2160 |
Worked out by the tool.
Sizes
| Size | Pixels | Width ÷ height |
|---|---|---|
| Phone | 1170 × 2532 | 0.462 |
| Desktop | 1920 × 1080 | 1.778 |
| 4K | 3840 × 2160 | 1.778 |
| Video call background | 1920 × 1080 | 1.778 |
| Tablet | 2048 × 2732 | 0.750 |
| Square | 2048 × 2048 | 1.000 |
| Banner | 1500 × 500 | 3.000 |
Every size is drawn at its own pixels, not stretched.
How big your text comes out
| Text (desktop, preset Fireworks over the city) | Text box | Share of the width |
|---|---|---|
| “2027” | 915 × 337 px | 48 % |
| “00:00” | 1005 × 337 px | 52 % |
| “31.12.2026” | 1778 × 299 px | 93 % |
| “1-1-2027” | 1713 × 337 px | 89 % |
Worked out by the tool: the numerals are as tall as you set, and shrink only if the text would be wider than 90 % of the picture.
What downloads
| Download | What is in it |
|---|---|
| PNG | The still picture at the full size you chose, every pixel exactly as drawn |
| JPG | The same picture as a smaller JPG (quality 92) |
| One Letter or A4 page with the picture fitted inside 10 mm margins |
| Paper | A 4K picture prints at | Sharpness |
|---|---|---|
| Letter (landscape) | 259.4 × 145.9 mm | 376 px per inch |
| A4 (landscape) | 277.0 × 155.8 mm | 352 px per inch |
For a greeting with your message, use Happy New Year 2027; for the year ahead, the 2027 Calendar.
Which tool to use
| You want | Use |
|---|---|
| A fireworks background with your year | New Year Background Generator (this page) |
| A greeting card or image with your message | Happy New Year 2027 |
| A party invitation | New Year’s Eve Invitation |
| Lunar New Year greetings | Lunar New Year 2027 |
Other tools: the Lunar New Year 2027 image maker, and the Image Resizer to change a picture’s size.
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Frequently asked questions
Is this a photo?
No. Every firework, sparkle and numeral is drawn by our own code from the seed: it is artwork, not a photograph.
What can I type?
Up to 12 characters: the digits 0 to 9, a colon, a full stop, a dash, a slash and spaces, so a year, a time or a date. The numerals are our own stroke shapes, not a font.
How are the fireworks drawn?
Each burst sends its sparks out along straight rays and lets them droop under a little gravity: a peony is a full ball, a ring has evenly spaced sparks, a willow droops more. The colours come from the scheme.
Is there confetti?
No. This page draws fireworks, sparkles and bokeh only.
What does the seed do?
It fixes where every burst, spark, sparkle and window goes. The same seed, text and size give exactly the same picture, pixel for pixel.
What does Animate fireworks do?
It replays the bursts and twinkles the sparkles in the preview. It stops by itself after 720 frames, when you press Stop, when you change anything and when you switch to another tab. The downloads are always the still picture.
Is this the same as the Happy New Year 2027 tool?
No. That tool makes a greeting card or image with your message, name and photo. This one draws a background picture with only your year or time.
How big does the PDF print?
The picture is fitted on one Letter or A4 page inside 10 mm margins, turned to suit its shape. The table below gives the printed size of a 4K picture.
Is it free?
Yes. There is no sign-up, no watermark and no limit.
Is anything uploaded?
No. Every pixel is worked out by JavaScript in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere or saved when you close the page.