Interior Lighting - blue or white?

ASSISTANCE Interior
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Guys,

just briefly, I purchased a bunch of 12v festoon bulbs on ebay that are supposed to be white.

Last week I got the first set of 4 and they all appear dark blue inside my car, I told the seller and he has sent a new batch over, these are also blue.

Is it possible that the voltages in the interior dome light are not 12v? I am trying to figure out why he says they are supposed to be bright white and I get them in dark blue.

Anyone had this problem b4?

Thanks,

Brendan

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Are they blue when lit? I have some that are blue glass, and light up like fake HID bulbs (white w/bluish tint). 12V 10W are my bulbs, 12v 5W are stock.

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They are supposed to be white LED’s, but they come out dark blue for some reason, I will try and get some pics up.

They look clear when not connected to anything.

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He’s got his LED’s mixed up then. LED’s will always show the correct color down to a fraction of their design voltage, except white LEDs will get a purple tint when underpowered (and usually have a slight tint anyway)

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he maintains that he has tested the LED’s and they are bright white…

I don’t know what to do, I have tested them on another honda (civic 93) and it still is dark purple.

I have had a friend look too, he confirms they are purple (so im not colourblind!).

Thanks for the posts, will do more research.