Interesting...

[wolfwings]

Site talking about vehicle lighting, and colour/placement restrictions, in regards to the California Vehicle Code.

Specifically, the site claims (and searching the CVC posted on-line with Google searches, and reading the linked-to sections, I have to agree) that the commonly-held belief that blue and green are restricted colours doesn't appear to be true. There are no references I was able to find that mention anything about blue or green lighting on passenger vehicles, or restrictions regarding that colour usage on any vehicle in fact. The only time it speaks of green is in regards to traffic lights, and similair usages.

drewkitty, any sections you can find that counter this general consensus, or the specific points the above-linked site brings up? Anyone at all?

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[netolu.livejournal.com]

This is the only information on illegal blue lights I have ever been able to find: http://www.chp.ca.gov/html/streetlegal.html
As far as neon effect blue there is no prohibition.

Headlights, turn signals, brake lights and so-forth are special...

[wolfwings.livejournal.com]

...in that they have a limited list of allowed colors. My post was more in reference to general lighting, like having a pure-green, or pure-blue dome light, for example.

Basically, there's a lot of CHP officers (and professional security personel) that think the law says only police can use blue, and that nobody at all can use green lights, when the law itself doesn't state that anywhere that those are restricted colors, like red is, and red is only restricted to the front of the vehicle.

And yes, this is all leading towards trying to find out what colors I can legally mount inside my dome light, as I'm leaning towards a red rear light, and a green/cyan front light at the moment, so the rear area light won't affect night-vision, while having them both on will give an overall white projection in the interior of the car for maximum visibility.