One thing that Bullough suggests pedestrians and drivers do to stay safe under purple streetlights—or any lights, for that matter—is to remove sunglasses and blue-light-filtering glasses when ...

If you’ve been driving down the road at night and wondered to yourself, “Why are these streetlights purple?” — we have your ...

A purple wave of faulty streetlights has swept across the USA, generating incorrect theories, bad lighting and fans of an accidental aesthetic.

Muddying the waters a bit more, purple light doesn't exactly take well to other colors. They tend to wash most shades out and make colors appear blue, purple, or black.

Grandma Hill lives in Natomas and got the video on her cell phone of little Johnny, 8, and Audrey, 5, praying about this mysterious purple light. "Hey, God. Please help me.

If you’ve driven on Kansas City’s highways at night in the past few years, ... Many LED light bulbs used for street lights actually give off a purple-blue light by default.