White light-emitting diode 2026-10-18
An additive color display mixes separate red, green and blue emitters. A phosphor-converted white light-emitting diode converts some blue photons to longer-wavelength light in a phosphor, mixing it with unconverted blue to produce perceived white. Hiroshi Amano distinguishes display and phosphor-lighting applications.[ref]
https://journals.aps.org/rmp/pdf/10.1103/RevModPhys.87.1133. §I, p. 1133: full-color displays and phosphor-based white light