Baja Rooster

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I'm getting ready to upgrade all of the lights to leds, add more for comfort etc. My boat is white with black and silver striping and no real colors to speak of, so I can go with whatever color I want. I was going to go with blue, but then the red lights on my guages look *****in' so then I was thinking red, but then I read that red just isn't that effective for ambience as it just doesn't radiate as well as the other colors.

It's a bow rider and was thinking putting speakers in the seat bottoms facing the walkway to illuminate the floor area. I like the Wetsounds speakers with the RGB option but the grills only come in silver and I need white and don't feel like painting them, so maybe led rings are a good option?

Cheers! And if you have any pics of your own set ups then I'd love to see them.

kidturbo

Is reason Red is most popular in gauges. If you run at night, red would be my only choice for all lights. If just for show at dock, then what ever color floats your boat.

Bondo

Ayuh,... Yer eyes are better equipped to recover from red light, than any other color,...

Baja Rooster

iTrader: (1)

Wow - that's interesting. It never occurred to me that there'd be a practical reason for it.

BIGSLOW

Just get RGB's and change the color anytime you want. But I have always felt that purple looks great in a neutral color boat.

Treads

As Bondo said, red for gauges is much easier for your eyes to adjust to at night when going from looking over bow to helm.

Baja Rooster

iTrader: (1)

And looks cool as he** imo. I think that I'll keep the gauges red and do the mood lighting in blue. I have the black cup holders with the stainless ring and the blue light in them gives off kinda a black light feel to it. Disco is making a comeback, right???

dunnitagain

The Navy uses Red lighting on there ships , doesnt effect your night or low light vision , Blue will almost night blind you.