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Originally Posted by Longhorn248
This is actually somewhat of a myth. Night vision is impacted mainly by light intensity. Since the car has a dimming feature a comfortable level can be set that will minimally affect night vision while still allowing you to see the gauges. The main reason the red myth persists is that it takes a much more intense red light to be seen as bright as a blue light, so if both are set at the same perceived intensity the blue will be worse for your night vision. While it is true that red and blue affect different parts of the eye (cones vs rods) the most up to date research suggests that a low level blue/green light will be the best color for you to preserve overall night vision.
Disclaimer: If I go night blind and crash feel free to say, "I told you so".
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It's NOT a myth. Red light waves are the longest waves and affect the rods in your eyes less then a shorter wave lenght(Blue being the shortest). Theres a good reason why the helm of a ship has red lights, and aircraft have red lights for night. Think its a Myth? Get a Red Light and Blue Light go into a dark room, take 5 minutes in a dark room then flash yourself with blue lights and try to see after you turn the light out... then do it again with red..
Doesn't mean that the blue doesn't look SWEET!!!
My FRS is red, but I would love to get rid of the crappy ORANGE and maybe go with a DEEPER red...