LED for headlight

[nachoman]

I've found cheap LED flashlights at the dollar store and salvaged the LEDs. But they all look too blue to me. I've got one steamer I am putting together now, and I had originally installed one of those salvaged LEDs, but I accidentally burnt it out, and have decided a yellower LED may look more appropriate. I actually tried painting the lens of a white led yellow, but now the light looks greenish

Of course, I am modeling in a time period where locomotives didn't turn on headlights unless at night - so sometimes I wonder why i am bothering. But, for some reason I think if I ever want to run a night operating session, it's much easier to install the LED now rather have to tear into it later. Plus, for whatever reason, model locomotives just don't look right to me without a working headlight. Perhaps that dates back to my trainset days when I just thought it looked cool.