red or blue accent lighting?

[Asureyez]

If you would need to use those cockpit lights while running at night, go with red. It can take up to 15 minutes for the eye to widen the cornea to its maximum width after a flash of white or other colored light.

I really have trouble with the nav instrument companies like Furuno and RM moving away from red lighting of the dial faces to green, blue etc. MY RM helm package has green lights on the dials and even when dimmed have a very negative impact on night vision. While everything is dimmed to the max inc. radar, I still keep a beach towel over my helm instruments when running at night to preserve my night vision as much as possible.

At night, go red.

 

[Havana Shamrock]

As much as i love the look of my blue led's, i only have them on at anchor or the dock, i'm afraid of interfering with other boaters , i know blue is law enforcement, but running red or other nav colors seems dangerous to other boaters, plus the disco ball sways too much while under way!!!!!!