A lighting system for emitting light of a controlled hue and of a controlled intensity, the lighting system comprising: a light-emitting diode, LED, configured to emit light having a hue that varies in response to variations in a voltage applied to the LED, the emitted light having an intensity that varies in response to variations in a duty-cycle of the voltage applied to the LED; and a controller configured to receive a command signal having both AC and DC components that result in the command signal having a periodic peak voltage and a periodic valley voltage, the peak voltage being indicative of the controlled hue, and a ratio of the valley voltage to the peak voltage indicative of the controlled intensity, the controller comprising: a peak detector that is configured to detect the peak voltage; a valley detector that is configured to detect the valley voltage; and characterized in that, the controller further comprises: a pulse generator that generates a pulse stream having a pulse-voltage magnitude substantially equal to the detected peak voltage and a pulse-voltage duty cycle substantially equal to the ratio of the detected valley voltage to the detected peak voltage, wherein the generated pulse stream is applied to the LED resulting in light emission of the controlled hue and of the controlled intensity. a light-emitting diode, LED, configured to emit light having a hue that varies in response to variations in a voltage applied to the LED, the emitted light having an intensity that varies in response to variations in a duty-cycle of the voltage applied to the LED; and a controller configured to receive a command signal having both AC and DC components that result in the command signal having a periodic peak voltage and a periodic valley voltage, the peak voltage being indicative of the controlled hue, and a ratio of the valley voltage to the peak voltage indicative of the controlled intensity, the controller comprising: a peak detector that is configured to detect the peak voltage; a valley detector that is configured to detect the valley voltage; and characterized in that, the controller further comprises: a pulse generator that generates a pulse stream having a pulse-voltage magnitude substantially equal to the detected peak voltage and a pulse-voltage duty cycle substantially equal to the ratio of the detected valley voltage to the detected peak voltage, wherein the generated pulse stream is applied to the LED resulting in light emission of the controlled hue and of the controlled intensity. a peak detector that is configured to detect the peak voltage; a valley detector that is configured to detect the valley voltage; and characterized in that, the controller further comprises: a pulse generator that generates a pulse stream having a pulse-voltage magnitude substantially equal to the detected peak voltage and a pulse-voltage duty cycle substantially equal to the ratio of the detected valley voltage to the detected peak voltage, wherein the generated pulse stream is applied to the LED resulting in light emission of the controlled hue and of the controlled intensity. a pulse generator that generates a pulse stream having a pulse-voltage magnitude substantially equal to the detected peak voltage and a pulse-voltage duty cycle substantially equal to the ratio of the detected valley voltage to the detected peak voltage, wherein the generated pulse stream is applied to the LED resulting in light emission of the controlled hue and of the controlled intensity.