Broken2Actual! wrote:
I'm looking to buy my first lightsaber and I'm having trouble deciding between 12w red or 12w amber. I prefer red but amber looks good too. Is amber brighter than red? What are y'all's opinions on red vs amber?
Brightness when referring to the same wattage output is usually a preference of the users eye.
Amber will probably come off brighter as it is a lighter shade color as red is a darker shade. Like white is going to come off as brighter even though a navy blue in the same wattage is brighter.
When referring to color temperature - Red is technically the "hottest color" yellow, then shades of light orange to darker red orange then to complete red scale are the hottest of the color temperature scale.
In my experience Amber will photograph better than red because most cameras cannot deal with balancing a red tone, not to mention a very hot red like a 12 watt red.
Go with what you like, the "brightness" is relative to your own vision.