justin1985 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Has anyone else noticed that coloured LED Christmas lights all seem to have very dominant blue colours? Several neighbours have flashing multicolour strings of them in their front gardens which make it look like the police are outside when they cycle onto their blue phase! It also seems very "cold", rather than warm and Christmassy! I remember traditional bulb Christmas lights when I was a kid that had "blue" bulbs that basically shone purple - I guess logical when the incandescent coil was glowing "warm white" inside a blue glass bulb. This gave me the idea to try painting the blue LEDs/lenses of multicolour Christmas lights with some kind of translucent red, with the hope of getting a light more like the gentle purple-y blue that I remember as a kid, rather than the eye-searingly bright blue. e.g. Tamiya do a "clear red" paint intended for brake lights on model cars etc. I gather you can also buy "glass marker" pens from Hobbycraft etc which I guess might have a similar effect. Any thoughts? Justin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 You can get them in pretty much any colour these days. The ones on our tree this year have quite an incandescent yellow look to them. I've another set where the LEDs are RGB ones and each one cycles through a wide spectrum of colours. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacathedrale Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Cool white is everywhere. A bit like how blue LEDs ended up on basically everything as soon as they were easy/cheap to produce. Color temperature is really important, that's why most modern OS'es and phones will trend orange/yellow when daylight ends. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Justin My thought is that your neighbours might find it a bit intrusive, creepy even, if you spend all night outside their house painting their Christmas lights with a little brush. Kevin 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guius Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Didn't someone get a Nobel Prize for inventing the blue LED quiet recently? Guy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 ...Any thoughts? Tinted glasses for approximately a month might be a simpler solution? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Christmas lights...too bl**dy many... steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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