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by kiddico 1965 days ago
Wouldn't you want the opposite color progression? To avoid blasting your eyes with blue light when you need to go back to sleep. That's why operating systems have the night light feature.

I like the idea though... I think I've got an RGB light strip I pulled out of a pc case (not a fan of rainbow vomit styling...) around here somewhere. I'll put it on my growing pile of projects I should probably do.

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Check out Andrew Huberman's podcast, I cannot recommend him enough.

Turns out it's not really the color that is the most important factor for wakefulness-shifting, but the amount of light your eyes perceive. Yes, the cells responsible are more sensitive to bluish light, but a ton of not-so-bluish light would keep you awake just the same, and just a little blue light wouldn't be that harmful.

That being said, 'blue for Go' still makes more sense to me instinctively :D

Interesting. Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check him out!