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    • Blue Light Dimming Apps
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    • Vitamin D & Light
    • SAD - Seasonal Affective Disorder
    • Alzheimers and Light Therapy
    • Photosensitivity - Light Sensitive Drugs
    • Red Light Therapy
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    • NASA - Lighting in Space & Undersea
    • Jet Lag
    • Sunglasses
    • Chakras
    • Crystals, Minerals, & Gemstones
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    • UV Germicidal Disinfection Light
    • LED Lighting Facts Card
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Light is Energy

Circadian Systems 
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are regulated by light.

​Disclaimer - Not intended for medical advice, consult your doctor.

Circadian Systems 

​Light is Energy
Circadian Explained
Circadian Ganglion Cells
Circadian Melatonin 
Circadian Animals
Circadian Research

Light for Health

Blue Light Dimming Apps
Red Night Lights
Vitamin D & Light
SAD - Seasonal Affective Disorder
Alzheimers & Light Therapy
Autism & Lighting for the Spectrum
Photosensitivity - Light Sensitive Drugs
Red Light Therapy
Sleep
Dreams and Second Sleep
NASA - Lighting in  Space & Undersea
Jet Lag
​Sunglasses

Feeling Energy

Chakras - Energy flow in our bodies
Crystals, Minerals, & Gemstones have Energy
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Color Spectrum - Light is EnergyLight is Energy

Electromagnetic Radiation
Radio - Visible - UV

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​Circadian Explained

Day Light & Dark Night, Biological clock and your brain.

Ganglion Cells

Circadian Ganglion

In 2005, Panda, Melyan, Qiu, and colleagues demonstrated that the melanopsin photopigment was the phototransduction pigment in ganglion cells

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Circadian Melatonin


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Circadian Animals

Turtles, fireflies, & animal safe lighting

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Circadian Research


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Sleep

How does light affect your sleep?  Is blue light keeping you awake?

Lighting for Autism, Six Tips for helping your child get to sleep - ChromaTherapyLight.com

Autism & Lighting for the Spectrum

Using colored lighting cues to assist in bedtime and daily patterns.

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Blue Light Dimming Apps

Exposure to blue light at the wrong time of day can affect your sleep.

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Red Night Lights

Red night lights allow you to fall back to sleep more easily.

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Dreams & Second Sleep

Why you wake up in the middle of the night and how your dream cycle works.

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Vitamin D & Light

UV exposure limited by LED lighting and UV filtering windows.

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Jet Lag & Light

How to reset your circadian clock.

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NASA Lighting

Lighting for space, undersea, and remote locations.

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Senior Lighting

Make your environment safer. Living with visual impairments.

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Human Centric Circadian Lighting

Color tunable lighting equipment
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SAD

Seasonal Affective Disorder - Light Therapy Cautions

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Blue Light Babies

Newborn jaundice hyperbilirubinemia - Bili lights are a form of phototherapy.

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Photo-sensitivity

Light sensitive drugs, UV exposure in Natural and artificial light.

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Red Light Therapy

Is inflammation healed by red light?
Equine therapies and other research.

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Alzheimer's & Light

When and how much light can affect mood and sleep habits of patients.

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Sunglasses

Do my sunglasses have UV protection?
Children at risk for snow blindness.

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Chakras

Energy maps within our bodies.  The energy that created you can heal you.

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Crystals - Minerals - Gemstones

Everything has energy.
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"Everything has energy."

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ChromaTherapyLight

Light and our bodies.

Humans have evolved under bright daylight and dark nights.  Learn about the chemicals in our bodies that trigger sleep and wake cycles.
Do no harm, consider risks of eye damage from UV light when evaluating light boxes.  Go for a walk at 7:00 am when the sky is the most clear because the moisture in the air has trapped the particulates in the air and they fall to the ground. See SAD
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  • Home
  • Color & Perception
    • CHROMA Topics
    • Color Spectrum - Light is Energy
    • Color in Light
    • Color in Nature
    • Color in Paint
    • Why does paint fade?
    • Color Names & Meanings
    • Color Phenomena
    • Color Perception is Individual
    • Color In Fashion
    • Color for your home
    • Color in Space
    • Color Blindness
    • Color Blind Interview
    • Synesthesia
    • Synesthete Deborah Borrowdale-Cox
    • Synesthete Stephen Orr, BH&G Editor
  • Circadian & Light for Health
    • Circadian & THERAPY Topics
    • Circadian Explained
    • Circadian Ganglion Cells
    • Circadian Melatonin
    • Circadian Animals
    • Circadian Research
    • Autism & Lighting for the Spectrum
    • Blue Light Dimming Apps
    • Red Night Lights
    • Vitamin D & Light
    • SAD - Seasonal Affective Disorder
    • Alzheimers and Light Therapy
    • Photosensitivity - Light Sensitive Drugs
    • Red Light Therapy
    • Sleep & Lighting
    • Dreams and Second Sleep
    • NASA - Lighting in Space & Undersea
    • Jet Lag
    • Sunglasses
    • Chakras
    • Crystals, Minerals, & Gemstones
  • Lighting Design
    • LIGHTing Design Topics
    • UV Germicidal Disinfection Light
    • LED Lighting Facts Card
    • CRI - Color Rendering Index
    • LED TM-30
    • LED Kelvin Color
    • LED LPW
    • LED Flicker
    • LED Glare
    • OLED - Organic LED
    • Human Centric Lighting
    • Lighting with Daylighting
    • Lighting for Healthy Buildings & Zero Net Energy
    • Lighting for Healthcare
    • Lighting for Horticulture
    • Lighting for Hospitality & LED Retrofits
    • Lighting for Museums
    • Lighting for Seniors & Low Vision
    • Lighting Design Tips & Codes
    • Parking Lot Lighting
    • Solar Lighting for Humanity & World Health
  • Dark Sky Topics
    • Dark Sky & Light Pollution
    • Dark Sky - Ecology of Night Lighting
    • Dark Sky - Turtle Safe Lighting
    • Landscape Lighting
    • LED Street Lighting Retrofit in Davis
    • Dark Sky Ordinances
    • Dark Sky & Astronomy
    • Dark Sky Reserves
  • Lighting Research & Books
    • Lighting Research
    • Lighting Publications
    • Lighting Education
  • ABOUT ChromaTherapyLight
    • About Topics
    • About Trish
    • Contact & Disclaimer
    • Social Media
    • Newsletter
    • Guidelines for Guest Writers
    • Site Map
  • Davis Insectary Garden
  • Santa Barbara Mesa Insectary Garden