Re: Using red + green + blue Christmas LEDs to form white light



In article <1167430543.837579.293580@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Weltanscha wrote in part:

But I have no idea about the
relative intensities of the R, G, and B that LEDs give of, and thus how
well they'll "fool" the cones.

I have a bit of past experience indicating that to get white light, you
need:

1) Really good color mixing

2) Number of green LEDs roughly twice the number of blue ones, and number
of red LEDs roughly 3 times the number of blue ones. This will vary with
efficiency of your particular LEDs.

If you want a warmer shade of white, use fewer blue ones, replacing them
with red more than green.

So far in my experience, equal number of red, green and blue LEDs gives
a roughly sky blue color.

- Don Klipstein (don@xxxxxxxxx)
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