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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[dennisthetiger.livejournal.com]

Flashing anything is restricted, but non-flashing, blue and green colors do not appear to be restricted.

Not generally, but look here (http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc25105.htm), where it mentions that courtesy lamps can be green or white - but they must be dim, and they can't be visible from front or rear.

As far as other colors, I was unable to find anything so I contacted GGPD. The dispatcher notes that she has seen restrictions insofar as lights must be white or amber up front and red or amber in the rear (the sole exception being above and the white "reverse" lights), but nobody is able to remember the section of CVC this is in.

So I did further research and collided with CVC 25950 (http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc25950.htm). This doesn't say what color your lights cannot be - rather it states what your lights shall be colored, and outlines all exceptions. In short, just because the CVC doesn't say you can't put a blue light on your car, unfortunately, doesn't mean you can.

Interesting point in this section though - subsect. c says reflectors "may have any unlighted color, provided the emitted light from all lamps or reflected light from all reflectors complies with the required color". So I guess your blue reflectors must reflect amber or something.

As far as the sales site, I'm one to take it with a grain of salt, as they don't provide sections of CVC to back up their claims. One of these days they'll probably get sued for it, but I'm not going to count on it.