Ok, this is a thread inspired by many that i have seen on here, and other places, which are considerably misleading.
Hopefully this wont be boring or technical, but hopefully some people will get out of it what they will and go away with a little more understanding.
Pic1 The light spectrum
Pic2 Light filtering
Pic3 Polarised light
Party globes and coloured globes
The simple idea behind this seems to stem from the idea that animals (your reptile) wont see the light and therefore wont disturb them.
Snakes cant see in the broad visible colours in which we can (they appear to lack the diversity of oil droplets), however, lizards, geckos, turtles etc, do contain multicolour oil droplets in order to perceive colour, with many species being able to see into the UV range.
Ok so that being said, the idea of coloured bulbs makes sense, Yeah? Well it does, however, it only works when you actually use the correct type of bulb.
Here is what i mean by that.
As per pic 3, polarising sunglasses will block out light that is transmitting in a particular direction. Fisherman that use polarised sunglasses will know what i mean by this. Obviously though, not all sunglasses are polarising, instead they simply shade the eyes from the light. This is analogous to the proper red/ purple glass lights and party globes.
In order for a globe not to affect the animal, the wavelength of the light that it emits must be restricted to the wavelengths that the animal can not see in, the problem is, party globes don’t restrict the wavelength of light, they simply are a tint and therefore lower the intensity of all wavelengths of the light. As per a normal pair of sunglasses.
A proper red or purple reptile globe will however filter the light (as shown in pic2) in order to only allow a particular wavelength of light through. Thus being analogous to the polarizing sunglasses.
Both types of sunglasses shade the eyes from sunlight, as both a reptile globe and a party globe both appear to give off the same colour of light, however, it is only the polarising glasses that allow fisherman to see into water, as it is the proper reptile globes that filter out particular wavelengths thus only emitting wavelengths in ranges that your animal wont see and therefore not disturbing them
Another simple way to think of it is in subtractive or mixed colour output.
If you mix red and green you get blue. So your eye tells you that you have blue, even though it is actually made from red and green. But if you just have blue, then that is all you have. Your eye doesnt know the difference between either, it sees blue in both, but the simple fact is that one is a mixture of other wavelengths, and one is a subtractive of the other wavelengths.
Sorry if this is a little long and boring but i found it fun, then again i am probably a little sick
Hopefully this wont be boring or technical, but hopefully some people will get out of it what they will and go away with a little more understanding.
Pic1 The light spectrum
Pic2 Light filtering
Pic3 Polarised light
Party globes and coloured globes
The simple idea behind this seems to stem from the idea that animals (your reptile) wont see the light and therefore wont disturb them.
Snakes cant see in the broad visible colours in which we can (they appear to lack the diversity of oil droplets), however, lizards, geckos, turtles etc, do contain multicolour oil droplets in order to perceive colour, with many species being able to see into the UV range.
Ok so that being said, the idea of coloured bulbs makes sense, Yeah? Well it does, however, it only works when you actually use the correct type of bulb.
Here is what i mean by that.
As per pic 3, polarising sunglasses will block out light that is transmitting in a particular direction. Fisherman that use polarised sunglasses will know what i mean by this. Obviously though, not all sunglasses are polarising, instead they simply shade the eyes from the light. This is analogous to the proper red/ purple glass lights and party globes.
In order for a globe not to affect the animal, the wavelength of the light that it emits must be restricted to the wavelengths that the animal can not see in, the problem is, party globes don’t restrict the wavelength of light, they simply are a tint and therefore lower the intensity of all wavelengths of the light. As per a normal pair of sunglasses.
A proper red or purple reptile globe will however filter the light (as shown in pic2) in order to only allow a particular wavelength of light through. Thus being analogous to the polarizing sunglasses.
Both types of sunglasses shade the eyes from sunlight, as both a reptile globe and a party globe both appear to give off the same colour of light, however, it is only the polarising glasses that allow fisherman to see into water, as it is the proper reptile globes that filter out particular wavelengths thus only emitting wavelengths in ranges that your animal wont see and therefore not disturbing them
Another simple way to think of it is in subtractive or mixed colour output.
If you mix red and green you get blue. So your eye tells you that you have blue, even though it is actually made from red and green. But if you just have blue, then that is all you have. Your eye doesnt know the difference between either, it sees blue in both, but the simple fact is that one is a mixture of other wavelengths, and one is a subtractive of the other wavelengths.
Sorry if this is a little long and boring but i found it fun, then again i am probably a little sick