Faulty LED streetlights have been turning purple for years across America. As the lights fail, many are replaced. That has led to years of purple streetlights that seemingly appear and then ...

A purple wave of faulty streetlights has swept across the USA, generating incorrect theories, bad lighting and fans of an accidental aesthetic. advertisement A puzzling coast-to-coast phenomenon ...

The LED lights are said to produce a higher quality light and last longer. They also contain no mercury, reducing hazardous waste disposal. LEDs tend to shine whiter than the HPS lights, which ...

The purple haze shining down on F Street every night lately looks almost intentional, like underglow lights below a souped-up car. It gives the area an unexpected look that sort of complements the ...

It’s a mystery on Connecticut highways: purple lights lining the roads. The lamp posts with purple bulbs have been spotted in two locations casting off a violet glow. “It just looks weird ...

Defective LED street lights along a stretch of I-93 along the Boston/Somerville border cast an eerie purple hue over the busy interstate on May 23. CARLIN STIEHL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE By Spencer ...

Most importantly, mishaps with purple streetlamps shouldn’t be used to vilify all LED lights, Seshadri says. “The materials that are normally used to make the phosphor are extremely stable ...

There's disagreement about what hue the street lights currently are in parts of downtown Vancouver, but they're definitely not white. Perhaps "light blue," "definitely purple,'' or "black light ...

Schaumburg is among the places where the purple lights have appeared. The village plans to replace 117 such fixtures along Meacham and Irving Park roads over the next few weeks.