So, LEDs don't flicker, they're diodes, direct current flows in one direction and they light up. What's causing them to flicker is the electronics in the "bulb" which converts 110v AC to DC. You can wire in 12 or 24 volt lines in your house, especially if you're doing off grid solar it is very easy, and you won't have flicker. Imagine installing a 12 volt system with solar and batteries, to an inverter for 110, and wiring your whole house up, lights and all, with 110. Asanine. You don't need 110v AC for lighting, not even with incandescent lights. You need it for a refrigerator, that's about it.
Some LED controllers will flicker for dimming, some don't, get ones that don't do that. As for blue light, get decent LEDs that have a better color profile, and turn down the white/blue to a more amber hue.
You can actually get exactly the color profile you like from RGB LEDs, you just have to not buy cheap LEDs. All bulbs that screw into a 110 socket suck.
Light after the sun goes down is unnatural. The goal here is to do something unnatural. Your lighting doesn't need to be identical to the sun, because it's night time. But you can get it pretty close with LEDs. And they last forever, and you can adjust to exactly the color profile you like, and they're dirt cheap to buy and to run, pennies a piece and pennies a month. Again, as long as you actually wire your house up for LEDs and not for silly sockets you're going to need a compatibility layer to actually run LEDs in built into every light, it's a no brainer, low voltage DC and LED strips is the way to go.
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