![Street lights across the US are turning purple. Officials call it a defect, I call it aesthetic. : r/outrun Street lights across the US are turning purple. Officials call it a defect, I call it aesthetic. : r/outrun](https://external-preview.redd.it/ekFc999qEOF4flEV4iGVjIGSQlYsVpWRbXkHbEUWIco.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c5ed7d65fe54416e9d325febe82e0109d38c3e6f)
Street lights across the US are turning purple. Officials call it a defect, I call it aesthetic. : r/outrun
![Lawrence streets turning purple from 'prematurely' failing lights | News, Sports, Jobs - Lawrence Journal-World: news, information, headlines and events in Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence streets turning purple from 'prematurely' failing lights | News, Sports, Jobs - Lawrence Journal-World: news, information, headlines and events in Lawrence, Kansas](https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.ljworld.com/images/2021/07/22102937/IMG_5432-scaled.jpeg)
Lawrence streets turning purple from 'prematurely' failing lights | News, Sports, Jobs - Lawrence Journal-World: news, information, headlines and events in Lawrence, Kansas
![Some Abilene streetlights have turned purple. Here is Evergy's explanation for the color change. | News | abilene-rc.com Some Abilene streetlights have turned purple. Here is Evergy's explanation for the color change. | News | abilene-rc.com](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/abilene-rc.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/73/e73df3b4-58ff-11ec-8396-632ba122093b/61b2197574bff.image.jpg?resize=243%2C500)
Some Abilene streetlights have turned purple. Here is Evergy's explanation for the color change. | News | abilene-rc.com
![How faulty violet streetlights came to Sioux City: 'We intend to replace every purple streetlight' - KTVZ How faulty violet streetlights came to Sioux City: 'We intend to replace every purple streetlight' - KTVZ](https://ktvz.b-cdn.net/2023/10/PurpleLights.jpg)
How faulty violet streetlights came to Sioux City: 'We intend to replace every purple streetlight' - KTVZ
![TIL since 2020, white LED streetlights have been turning purple because of a defect during the manufacturing process between 2017 and 2019. The yellow phosphor coating was delaminating, and the blue LED TIL since 2020, white LED streetlights have been turning purple because of a defect during the manufacturing process between 2017 and 2019. The yellow phosphor coating was delaminating, and the blue LED](https://external-preview.redd.it/til-since-2020-white-led-streetlights-have-been-turning-v0-XceV_nRvI4tIDDuPzkNpiRFf4JlSUJPE5a_k9i3GxRs.jpg?auto=webp&s=ab76e5790072a11cac30326a0c152daa78bab07d)