Thanks for the kind words!
Tay,
Broad spectrum lighting does not brighten the snakes colour itself, but brightens it for viewing and photography. The colours in the light just bring out the colours for filming/viewing just like natural sunlight will. I don't use any lighting for my boas since they are all living it up rubbermaid-style

LOL...hope that helped, I don't think I did a great job of explaining though