Lighting Effects

[RaVaGe]

I currently have 2x blue LED fans, and while they look alright, they just aren't doing much for lighting. I wanna get 2 cold cathodes, but I don't wanna go with one single colour, nor do I want to use a bunch of colours. I wanna create a sort of transition with the lighting.

If you look at the Lux Design splash page, you'll see that the case's lighting makes a sort of transition from red to blue (with purple being in the middle). I was wondering how this is acheived?

Would two red-blue cold cathodes be placed vertically? Or would one red cold cathode and one blue cold cathode be placed horizontally? I'm considering doing something similar to this, but with blue & green lighting instead. How do you guys think that would look?

[Adisharr]

The transistion will take care of itself. As long as there are surfaces that both lights can reach then mounting them at opposite ends of the case will achieve a similar effect. I'd prefer to use lighting that combines to make a third pronounced transitional color.. blue / green won't really offer that.

[XP1800]

Yeah, if you want that purple glow in the middle, you're gonna have to go with red and blue. They simply have red on the bottom and blue up top

[RaVaGe]

Ah I see. What about and blue cathode at the bottom, then a white cathode at the top? That would create a sort of baby blue in the middle. Or maybe a blue cathode at the bottom, and a yellow cathode at the top, creating a greenish colour in the middle?

[Adisharr]

Originally posted by RaVaGe
Ah I see. What about and blue cathode at the bottom, then a white cathode at the top? That would create a sort of baby blue in the middle. Or maybe a blue cathode at the bottom, and a yellow cathode at the top, creating a greenish colour in the middle?

That would be cool.. Maybe you can buy a few colors and return the ones you don't want.

[saury316]

Unlike paints, the primary colors in light is blue red and green (not blue, red and yellow).....so u CAN use blue and green, and the middle should be cyan which is sorta like a light blue....

[RaVaGe]

Hmm, cyan in the middle would look kind of nice. But what colour would be visible in the middle if I used a blue cold cathode in combination with a white one? I really want to use a white chathode, as I haven't seen much other people using them.

[OS-Wiz]

One thing that kind of shocked me was how much light a 12" CC throws. I actually used black electricians tape on each end to cut it down to about 10". If you've a mid or mini-tower, two 8" CCs would be plenty light.