That assumes 'normal' colour vision of course...a not-insignificant portion of the population has some form of what is commonly referred to as 'colour blindness' which may alter colour PERCEPTION significantly for such individuals - i.e. for me personally a bin 1 cyan LED is distinctly brighter than an equivalent powered green LED [not a great deal, but noticeably] so one needs to ask whether one is more concerned about what is "the brightest colour" to one's OWN eyes or to an 'audience' [in the case of some saberfans who may be using them in live performances for example]. If you are concerned most about what will APPEAR brightest to yourself there is an element of "Your Mileage May Vary" from the general rules mentioned above because colour PERCEPTION is a more individual therefore subjectively complex matter than ONLY the objectively measurable physics of light and an averaged 'norm' of human physiology. However despite any differences in colour vision that could influence perceived brightness between any two specific colours of light for an individual person a white light LED which encompasses most all of the visual spectrum 'should' be brighter than any single individual colour LED of the same class if voltage, current and all other factors are held equal.
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