# Christmas tree lights: white or colored?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-lights-white-or-colored/561725>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 24, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-lights-white-or-colored/561725 "2010-11-24T01:14:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-lights-white-or-colored/561725/41 "2010-11-24T21:50:07Z")

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I used to only ever want colored lights on the tree, but, as I got older, I realized you can’t really see all the colors. The white lights light up the ornaments so much better. And, I put the colored lights all over the place so I still get to see them.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-tree-lights-white-or-colored/561725/42 "2010-11-24T22:02:28Z")

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White ones. I think parti-coloured lights tend to look tacky.

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