Using f.lux but having bulbs emiting blue light (they are standard bulbs so I guess they emit it) in the room completely makes the program useless, am I right?
Yeah, it would depend on the intensity of blue. 2100K incandescent have a good spectrum.
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Using f.lux but having bulbs emiting blue light (they are standard bulbs so I guess they emit it) in the room completely makes the program useless, am I right?
Lol... yeeeah, mine is 6400K. Interesting, I've never noticed the xxxxK number before, since I've never really studied enough about red light therapy nor color temperatures. I was only worried about the watts and volt.Yeah, it would depend on the intensity of blue. 2100K incandescent have a good spectrum.
Using f.lux but having bulbs emiting blue light (they are standard bulbs so I guess they emit it) in the room completely makes the program useless, am I right?
Lol... yeeeah, mine is 6400K. Interesting, I've never noticed the xxxxK number before, since I've never really studied enough about red light therapy nor color temperatures. I was only worried about the watts and volt.
Regarding changing everything to red color, between solid red background and solid black, doesn't solid black work also to reduce blue light exposure? It feels like when I put solid red, my eyes strain more than solid black. Or does black still have some blue light?
Thanks for the tip; you're right, the blue square is completly blue with Twilight. Completly black with f.lux.As @Black Ops said
If you want to check if your program or even glasses is really blocking all the blue light, just check if the blue color is black. If it is completely black, it means it is blocking it. Twilight app doesn't do that...
My blue blocking glasses only remove the worst spectrum for our eyes (as they say) so I still see some blue, but flux makes the color blue completely black.
This is how I test it:
https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/phobia/images/1/16/Blue.png/revision/latest?cb=20161109225351
How Effective is your Blue Light Filter - Test Your Glasses with this Graphic
Another Way to Test Your Blue Light Filtering Eyewear
I've tested what you've said in the mirror. Perhaps I did it wrong, dunno, but I think my laptop still emits some blue light. It's a LCD. It has a bright white light "inside". I mean, in dark mode there's without a doubt much less blue/white, but there's still some, it seems. Does this happen to you too? If not, I think I've learned something new: blue blocking glasses are better overall.Not completely. There's degrees to all of these things. I think computer monitors, TVs and phones emit a disproportionate amount of blue light. If you look at yourself in a mirror when using an unaltered screen, you'll see a blueish glow reflected. Switch to darkroom mode on f.lux, and you'll see a redish glow.
If you have the old school incandesents, they emit less blue light than CFLs or bright white LEDs. I realized this when they changed the lights outside of my apartment (in two different locations). Never bothered with blackout shades with the old school lights, but when the "energy saving" ones came it, they became an absolute necessity.
Well, you're right. I mean, the computer screen isn't a problem. The problem is what to do about phones and tablets' screens :pI don't know. I use f.lux at 1600-1900 when it's dark outside.
I was really disappointed with the app when I found that.Thanks for the tip; you're right, the blue square is completly blue with Twilight. Completly black with f.lux.
Throw that rubbish away!Well, you're right. I mean, the computer screen isn't a problem. The problem is what to do about phones and tablets' screens :p
Never tried to use it on 1600K. I was always putting it on Ember, which is pretty red. But 1600K seems pretty enough to block all the blue light.I don't know. I use f.lux at 1600-1900 when it's dark outside.
To be honest, if I could, I would. I simply avoid them most of the times.Throw that rubbish away!
LOL. I actually thought about that the other day. I think it only might have an effect on you, if you have some light that emits blue light. I am saying this because when the sun is reflecting in a mirror, it burns two or three times more. So there must be some radiation that is reflecting. A wall is not a mirror, I know, but there must exist some degree of it. If you shine red light on a blue wall, doesn't it become all black?This might sound stupid but could the color of your walls have an effect on you? Mine are bright blue....
This may be correlated or not, in the past, I went to a hospital where one of its sections had walls with wood shape. Usually, hospital's walls are all white. Actually, everything is white there lol. For whatever reason, I remember the feeling of well being and calmness increasing, which was the opposite to what was happening when I was in the white bright walls: tense, nervous and so on. I really remember telling to the MD how cool this section was; having the feeling of being at home.
I think colors do influence our brains and body chemistry. I remember several studies of using different colors to stimulate different behaviors and capacities of brain. If you search, you could probably find it.This might sound stupid but could the color of your walls have an effect on you? Mine are bright blue....
I've just watched Mike Fave's recent video on YouTube stating that you should get exposed to blue light as soon as you can in the morning (get outside).Silly question, but should blue light be reduced even during the day, not only in the hours before sleep?
So should you wear blue light blocking glasses during the day too?