In the United States and Canada, there have been many reports of LED street lights that were initially white but have suddenly turned purple. The reason for this change in color of LED street lights ...

If you've passed through the intersection of Jog and Hypoluxo Roads west of Lake Worth Beach at night, you likely have noticed an additional color among the lights illuminating the busy area. The ...

Across highways, parking lots, and neighborhood streets, drivers are noticing an eerie violet glow where familiar white streetlights used to shine. The shift is not a design trend or a secret tribute ...

If you've spotted spooky purple streetlights in the middle of summer, they probably aren't a sign that a neighborhood has started celebrating Halloween early this year. Instead, the violet hue seen ...

As cities around the world ditch old school sodium-vapor streetlights, they’re quickly replacing them with modern LEDs. They’re supposed to be cheaper and longer-lasting than their predecessors, but ...

The first time Taylor Tracy noticed the peculiar purple lights high above the highway was last July, while sitting in the passenger seat of her boyfriend’s car. As the couple cruised along I-93, the ...

Why do the street lights on West Campus emit an eerie, bluish-purple color at night? Starting in 2021, Triangle area residents observed street lights turning from their standard yellow-white color to ...

White LED bulbs are commonplace in households by now, mostly due to their low power usage and high reliability. Crank up the light output enough and you do however get high temperatures and ...

Sometime in late 2020 or early 2021, people started noticing strange, bluish-purple streetlights cropping up all over the East Coast. The Triangle was no exception; purple lights have been spotted ...

It’s a mystery on Connecticut highways: purple lights lining the roads. The lamp posts with purple bulbs have been spotted in two locations casting off a violet glow. “It just looks weird,” Clark ...

A manufacturing defect resulting in LEDs casting a purple glow on Falls Road near Meadowood Regional Park. A street lamp on 40th St at Keswick Road. A street lamp that once burned a daylight glow now ...