orange blade

[Lord Maul]

well, it's an amber that shows up as an orange

[xwingband]

what is the max brightness an amber will go? and yes from the pics it does look more yellow than orange.but i think i will give it a go so i can see how it looks in person.

Actually that a red-orange that has lots of orange in it... I think.

I can understand Ney's question though. Amber is neither yellow or orange. I'd like both... Red-orange isn't quite orange enough and Amber isn't really close either.

[darth ney]

ok guys just for reference for when the tri-lux is out what color combo should i get?

[Lord Maul]

you should probably just get a RGB setup with the tri lux. that way you get every color posible, including orange.

[darth ney]

ok stupid question but what does the R G B stand for? and do you think the tri-lux will come in all amber?

[xwingband]

While technically you could get any color out of RGB, if you wanted to really split hairs for the orangish colors I'd get: A Red, Red-orange and Amber.

They're all the same amperage so it'd take just one driver.

[darth ney]

how true of an orange could i get with that setup? and what does R G B stand for?

[xwingband]

Red, Green and Blue. That's the colors that make up white light. Everything else is a mix of them. Like Orange is Red and Green.

With and RGB you could get ANY color. There is infinite amounts of colors to get. My mixed R,RO, and A suggestion was just because in practice you can get easier variations just based on the limits of your fingers and the dials.

[darth ney]

ok thats good info thanx xwing

[SilentBob501]

Here is a picture of the same saber with both a red-orange LED and an amber one.

The Red-Orange is on the left and the Amber is on the right. Ironically in real life the Red-Orange is less orange than the picture shows, and the amber is more orange than yellow. I was actually a bit surprised how orange the amber really is in person.

Here's Ultra's color chart for comparison...