LEDs offer almost natural sunlight colour spectrum

Kyocera Corporation has developed a new type of light-emitting diode (LED) that produces a color spectrum close to natural sunlight which makes the device ideal for color-inspection applications. The LEDs offer low power consumption and long life in an array of lighting options, including fluorescent tubes, standing lights and compact handheld lamps which makes the devices an alternative to large, heat-producing xenon lamps in areas such as automotive paint inspection.