San Jose's yellow streetlights do funny things to a red car

"D" (danjee) 04/23/2015 at 16:58 • Filed to: None

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This is an unedited picture of my Classic Red NA from last night.

Another. The effect is super eerie in person; it appears grey with a purple tint, even down to the closest of inspections.

Now, with my phone’s flash turned on, it turns red again.

Finally, the exact same car in broad daylight:

'Wägen, EPA LOL > D 04/23/2015 at 17:08

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It looks like those hot wheels that changed color under warm and cold water...

Flat Six > D 04/23/2015 at 17:14

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I hate those lights. So depressing.

Klaus Schmoll > D 04/23/2015 at 17:16

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Halogen vapour lights which are pretty popular with street lighting do that. They give off light (sort of) but they poorly display colours. Ages ago the badge from a fire-engine red Mazda wagon my family owned got nicked and when parking badly under this lighting, they got a ticket for an orange Nissan. No need to pay that.

My stepdad is an electrictal engineer and he can go anal on lighting and how different setups impede colours and such.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > D 04/23/2015 at 17:41

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D > Klaus Schmoll 04/23/2015 at 17:44

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The current ones here were implemented for the benefit of the nearby Lick Observatory. It seems though that everybody hates them and they’re slotted to be replaced by white LEDs.

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11646883

D > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 04/23/2015 at 17:45

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this is actually more of a physics problem than anything

edit: who am I kidding, almost everything boils down to its physics

Supercharged-V8-Jag > D 04/23/2015 at 17:51

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What’s up dude!

D > Supercharged-V8-Jag 04/23/2015 at 17:53

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Ayyyy, there you are. I’m sure this happens to your Mini too.

Supercharged-V8-Jag > D 04/23/2015 at 17:54

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All the damn time :-/

TheOnelectronic > D 04/23/2015 at 17:58

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But is it white and gold, or blue and black?

D > Supercharged-V8-Jag 04/23/2015 at 18:03

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hey, think of it as a super lame party trick

D > TheOnelectronic 04/23/2015 at 18:05

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2015 is the year of What The Fuck Color Is That