Light & Colour
Browse our range of light and colour sensors, including ambient light, UV, IR, and full-spectrum colour recognition modules. Whether you need a simple photoresistor or a multi-channel spectral sensor, we stock options for every project.
Popular with Australian makers, educators, and engineers for projects like automatic lighting, UV monitoring, gesture detection, and colour-matching systems. Most modules use I2C for easy integration with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and CircuitPython.
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ALS-PT19 Light Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-12566 | Brand: SparkFun
The ALS-PT19 is a compact SMD ambient light sensor, significantly smaller than standard through-hole alternatives like the TEMT6000. Functioning as an NPN phototransistor, it provides an analogue voltage output propor...
Delivered by Thu 20 Aug
AS7343 14-Channel Light and Colour Sensor Breakout
SKU: AF-6477 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout makes the AS7343 multi-channel spectrometer easy to add to your project. Instead of only measuring overall brightness, it can quantify how much light is present across different wavelengths, letting you ...
Delivered by Tue 11 Aug
VCNL4020 Proximity & Light Sensor Breakout - STEMMA QT/Qwiic
SKU: AF-5810 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout combines Vishay's VCNL4020 proximity sensor and ambient light sensor on one compact I2C board, making it a handy choice when you want to detect nearby objects and measure light levels at the same time. T...
Delivered by Wed 2 Sep
VCNL4030 Proximity and Lux Sensor Breakout - STEMMA QT/Qwiic
SKU: AF-6491 | Brand: Adafruit
This compact breakout combines a Vishay VCNL4030 proximity sensor and ambient light sensor on one board. It can measure proximity from 0 to 300mm (about 12 inches) and light from 0.004 to 16,768 lux, making it a handy...
Delivered by Wed 2 Sep
MAX44009 Wide-Range Lux Light Sensor Breakout
SKU: AF-6498 | Brand: Adafruit
Measure ambient light in real lux with a sensor that handles everything from very dim conditions to bright outdoor sunlight. This breakout is built around the MAX44009, an easy-to-use ambient light sensor that automat...
Delivered by Wed 2 Sep
TCS3430/TCS34303 Ambient Tri-Stimulus Colour Sensor
SKU: AF-6479 | Brand: Adafruit
This breakout brings ambient light tri-stimulus colour sensing to your project using CIE XYZ plus an IR channel, rather than the more common RGB-style approach. It is designed for applications where you want access to...
Delivered by Wed 2 Sep
APDS9999 Proximity, Lux & Colour Sensor
SKU: AF-6461 | Brand: Adafruit
This compact breakout combines RGB colour sensing, true lux light measurement and infrared proximity detection in one I2C device. With library code running on your microcontroller, it can read red, green, blue and cle...
Delivered by Wed 2 Sep
AS7343 Qwiic Spectral Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-23220 | Brand: SparkFun
Measure visible and near-infrared light with a compact Qwiic breakout based on the AS7343 multi-spectral sensor. It covers approximately 380nm to 1000nm and is suited to reflected, emitted and transmitted light measur...
Delivered by Thu 20 Aug
DFRobot Ultrasonic 7-in-1 RS485 Weather Sensor
SKU: DF-SEN0657 | Brand: DFRobot
This all-in-one weather station sensor brings seven key environmental measurements into a single outdoor unit: wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, light intensity and rainfall.It use...
Delivered by Thu 20 Aug
TEPT4400 3mm Ambient Light Sensor
SKU: SF-SEN-22923 | Brand: SparkFun
This Vishay TEPT4400 is a small ambient light sensor built around a silicon NPN epitaxial planar phototransistor. It is designed to respond to visible light in a way that is similar to the human eye.Use it for simple ...
Delivered by Thu 20 Aug
VCNL4200 Long Distance IR Proximity & Light Sensor Breakout
SKU: AF-6064 | Brand: Adafruit
Need approximate distance sensing over tens of centimetres to around a metre, plus ambient light measurement from the same board? This breakout carries Vishay’s VCNL4200, a two-in-one IR proximity and ambient light se...
Delivered by Wed 2 Sep