Are you designing your own LED product? Make sure that you get the exact color that you need. Our wavelength chart and video tutorial make finding the right color easy.
LEDs are most frequently used for indication, which means you care which color you are selecting. Typically when you’re searching for an indication LED you would look at current or voltage drop first. When you filter by color, you probably just select “green” or “yellow” and expect to get the color you have in mind. Unfortunately, this is not often the case. While red LEDs are a pretty safe bet, greens are another story.
Red wavelengths are at the tail end of what the human eye can see and as a result all look pretty much the same to us. Green light is more complicated. Greens can often look closer to yellow than what we consider true green. Within the green spectrum you may also come across phosphor-converted green, more commonly known as “PC green.” Because the human eye is able to better see green wavelengths, we can more easily differentiate between the color variations, which can lead to discrepancies in design.
Knowing the exact wavelength you need will save you a headache in the long run. Our wavelength chart is a great place to start. Our video tutorial will take you on a quick tour of every single one of the 30 different LED wavelengths that we have in stock and available in a quantities of one, so you know exactly what you’ll get when you design your next LED project. Looking for more info? Check out our 6 Key Considerations for LED Design. Want to know if OLEDs are better for your project? We break it down in LEDs vs. OLEDs: Which Display is Best?
