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Re:It was almost impossible to make the blue LED [video] by dingaling on Friday February 09, 2024 @04:06PM (#39320550)
> What is abominable is the use of the > "cooler" blueish white light being > used at night indoors.

We only associate warm orangey-white light with nocturnal lighting because of centuries of sitting around fires and candles.

Re:It was almost impossible to make the blue LED [video] by jacobolus on Friday February 09, 2024 @04:20PM (#39320688)
And because (a) blue light causes your eyes to become bright-adapted, ruining your night vision, (b) blue light is incredibly distracting in your peripheral vision causing massively more glare than "warmer" light sources, (c) blue light screws up circadian rhythms for people and wildlife.
Re:It was almost impossible to make the blue LED [video] by samatman on Friday February 09, 2024 @04:25PM (#39320726)
Many millennia, actually. A million years at least, quite likely more.

Co-evolving to be comfortable with a certain quality of light, is a good argument for maintaining that quality of light, and for not using light with a quality which triggers subconscious (or conscious) discomfort.

Re:It was almost impossible to make the blue LED [video] by tuetuopay on Friday February 09, 2024 @11:55PM (#39323715)
Don’t forget the sun. The sun gets to a warmer color at sunset, hence why warm white conveys a "go to bed" meaning.