Sup /sci/,
I was looking at some new lights for my SUV, and I came across these yellow ones, and I remembered how yellow lights are better for visibility in snow and bad weather.
Some of these yellow bulbs/led bars are really cheap, while some cost 6 or 7 times as much. While I know prices for LED lights fluctuate alot between brands, this made me consider that some of these might just be cheap white china LEDs with a tinted lens.
Now this might be a stupid question, but
>would a regular yellow lens tint achieve the same effect as true 2000-3000K light sources?
You'd think true yellow lights would be better, considering that the source for the tinted ones have a different wavelength, but then again these lights also appear yellow to the eye after passing through the yellow glass.
Could someone help a physics brainlet out?
I was looking at some new lights for my SUV, and I came across these yellow ones, and I remembered how yellow lights are better for visibility in snow and bad weather.
Some of these yellow bulbs/led bars are really cheap, while some cost 6 or 7 times as much. While I know prices for LED lights fluctuate alot between brands, this made me consider that some of these might just be cheap white china LEDs with a tinted lens.
Now this might be a stupid question, but
>would a regular yellow lens tint achieve the same effect as true 2000-3000K light sources?
You'd think true yellow lights would be better, considering that the source for the tinted ones have a different wavelength, but then again these lights also appear yellow to the eye after passing through the yellow glass.
Could someone help a physics brainlet out?
