![Street lights across the US are turning purple. Officials call it a defect, I call it aesthetic. : r/outrun Street lights across the US are turning purple. Officials call it a defect, I call it aesthetic. : r/outrun](https://external-preview.redd.it/ekFc999qEOF4flEV4iGVjIGSQlYsVpWRbXkHbEUWIco.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c5ed7d65fe54416e9d325febe82e0109d38c3e6f)
Street lights across the US are turning purple. Officials call it a defect, I call it aesthetic. : r/outrun
![Lawrence streets turning purple from 'prematurely' failing lights | News, Sports, Jobs - Lawrence Journal-World: news, information, headlines and events in Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence streets turning purple from 'prematurely' failing lights | News, Sports, Jobs - Lawrence Journal-World: news, information, headlines and events in Lawrence, Kansas](https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.ljworld.com/images/2021/07/22102937/IMG_5432-1100x688.jpeg)
Lawrence streets turning purple from 'prematurely' failing lights | News, Sports, Jobs - Lawrence Journal-World: news, information, headlines and events in Lawrence, Kansas
![TIL since 2020, white LED streetlights have been turning purple because of a defect during the manufacturing process between 2017 and 2019. The yellow phosphor coating was delaminating, and the blue LED TIL since 2020, white LED streetlights have been turning purple because of a defect during the manufacturing process between 2017 and 2019. The yellow phosphor coating was delaminating, and the blue LED](https://external-preview.redd.it/til-since-2020-white-led-streetlights-have-been-turning-v0-XceV_nRvI4tIDDuPzkNpiRFf4JlSUJPE5a_k9i3GxRs.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=146ba6bd76ea2fb83443435380094bd2b1caecfc)
TIL since 2020, white LED streetlights have been turning purple because of a defect during the manufacturing process between 2017 and 2019. The yellow phosphor coating was delaminating, and the blue LED
![What is with the new blue street lights? In no way can these be better than the white LED lights. : r/LosAngeles What is with the new blue street lights? In no way can these be better than the white LED lights. : r/LosAngeles](https://preview.redd.it/f6ponftybej91.jpg?auto=webp&s=3af4d67d27ceacedb384ba323dc3e0fb9414c196)