Tinting LEDs

Just found this thread and I would add that Tamaya clear (transparent)  yellow is also good for toning down the cold LEDs.  I forget where I read about this but I think it also recommended the orange color  John mentions.  

I use a orange gel on my windows or in front of the led. Don

Go to THIS PAGE in the OGR web site. 

Scroll down to the bottom row. Great video there about tinting LEDs to “warm them up.”

Great glass comes in many colors I use Rose, yellow, red/brown, and orange more than other colors. I like to tent leds in similar but slightly different tones. The two once bottles give you plenty to experiment with.  I even tint the warm white leds.  I use acetone to thin the Great Glass to have less effect on the warm white leds.  I remember watching passenger trains go by at night when I was a kid and there could be a marked difference between the color of the light from car to car.                                  j

Given the fact that LED's are available in almost any color temperature for peanuts, I haven't seen the need to try to tint them all that often.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

Given the fact that LED's are available in almost any color temperature for peanuts, I haven't seen the need to try to tint them all that often.

Menards didn't get your memo.   I'd think there are a lot of guys pondering the color difference between Menards, Woodland Scenics, and traditional incandescent structures.  See this OGR thread where TedW used Tamiya X-26 Orange.

@Rich Melvin posted:

Go to THIS PAGE in the OGR web site. 

Scroll down to the bottom row. Great video there about tinting LEDs to “warm them up.”

Thank you Rich, I have been trying to find warm LEDS for the foundation lighting on my home, you had the answer.

Ray

Side note:
Tinting white LEDs is fine, but it won't work very well for red, green, or blue ones. Tints don't change color, they simply selectively subtract it. In their natural state, LEDs emit light in only a very narrow band of the spectrum. E.g., Red LEDs only emit pure red light, so if you filtered out the red nothing would be left. 

White LEDs are really ultraviolet, but the plastic contains phosphors that glow white in the presence of the UV, so they will tint OK.

@stan2004 posted:

Menards didn't get your memo.   I'd think there are a lot of guys pondering the color difference between Menards, Woodland Scenics, and traditional incandescent structures.  See this OGR thread where TedW used Tamiya X-26 Orange.

Yep, I guess that's certainly an instance where painting them is the less painful method.

I have toned down Evans LED’s with a like color. Sometimes the light is a bit too sharp for the eyes depending on the viewing angle so I just use “say”a red enamel over the bulb which is still plenty bright and just takes the edge off. 

@Rayin"S" posted:

Thank you Rich, I have been trying to find warm LEDS for the foundation lighting on my home, you had the answer.

Ray

Thanks to Bill Bramlage. He’s the star of this video. Glad it helped you!