[sdiy] Re led colour, was - Frontpanel a little bit on the extreme! Hall of mirrors!

[Tom Wiltshire]

On 12 Dec 2006, at 16:53, Julian wrote:

>
>>> What's wrong with blue LEDs? :)
>>
>> Hearing people raving about how "cool" they are.
>
> Ive yet to find (and I have been keeping my eye out for them) a good 
> brown led.
>
> Im after that sort of murkey amber brown colour.  Kinda like the brown 
> screen monitors of yesteryear, but dimmer and warmer...

I actually had the same thought for a Dallas Rangemaster clone that I 
built as a guitar effects pedal. I wanted a really retro look for 
something which is unbelievably basic technology. In the end I used a 
yellow/orange led, and only put a bit of current through it.

Blue is quite nice, but this "Blue is new! blue is cool!" thing is a 
bit crazy. I remember when green seemed just as cool for exactly the 
same reason...


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