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A new study has revealed that on contrary to common belief, blue light may not be as disruptive to our sleep patterns as originally thought.According to the University of Manchester scientists, using dim, cooler, lights in the evening and bright warmer lights in the day may be more beneficial to our health.Twilight is both dimmer and bluer than daylight, and the body clock uses both of those features to determine the appropriate times to be asleep and awake.The study has been published in the journal of Current Biology.The researchers argue that the current technologies designed to limit our evening exposure to blue light, for example, by changing the screen colour on mobile devices, may, therefore, send us mixed messages.This is because the small changes in brightness they produce are accomped by colours that more resemble day.The research, which was carried out on mice, used specially designed lighting that allowed the team to adjust colour without changing brightness. It showed blue colours produced weaker effects on the mouse body clock than equally bright yellow colours.The findings have important implications for the design of lighting and visual displays intended to ensure healthy patterns of sleep and alertness.The body clock uses a specialised light-sensitive protein in the eye to measure brightness, called melanopsin, which is better at detecting shorter wavelength photons. This is why researchers originally suggested blue light might have a stronger effect.However, our perception of colour comes from the retinal cone cells and the new research shows that the blue colour signals they supply reduce the impact on a light on the clock.Dr Tim Brown, from the University of Manchester, said: "We show the common view that blue light has the strongest effect on the clock is misguided; in fact, the blue colours that are associated with twilight have a weaker effect than the white or yellow light of equivalent brightness."There is lots of interest in altering the impact of light on the clock by adjusting the brightness signals detected by melanopsin but current approaches usually do this by changing the ratio of short and long wavelength light; this provides a small difference in brightness at the expense of perceptible changes in colour," Brown further added.He stated: "We argue that this is not the best approach, since the changes in colour may oppose any benefits obtained from reducing the brightness signals detected by melanopsin.Our findings suggest that using dim, cooler, lights in the evening and bright warmer lights in the day may be more beneficial.""Research has already provided evidence that aligning our body clocks with our social and work schedules can be good for our health. Using colour appropriately could be a way to help us better achieve that."( With inputs from ANI )

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