Not politically, literally:
The Great Purpling
I’ve noticed a number of streetlights around here pumping out a distinctly blue/purple light for a while now. It’s disconcerting… it’s not an unpleasant color, but it’s *different,* and everything looks funny under it. I thought it was a choice, but it turns out it’s a manufacturing flaw.
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Prince would no doubt be pleased. These are great for refit nacelle grills, and even better for SWAT teams using FLIR…deep purple kills the night vision of gang bangers. Probably a psych’ effect too.
The old mercury-vapor and sodium lamps made the night beautifully hideous on the early camcorder seasons of COPS-
LEDs and digital cameras make the night too clean.
What is fun is when the area is using the old lights until they fail. This give you a fun Orange/Blue mix. Quite festive if you dress as a Smurf for Halloween.