A light emitting diode lighting system comprising: a string including a number of light emitting diode elements functionally connected with an AC voltage source configured to apply an input voltage (Vi) to said string, wherein the string comprises a plurality of segments (S1, S2, S3,...), with each segment (S1, S2, S3,...) comprising at least one or more of said light emitting diode elements, wherein the light emitting diode lighting system is configured to connect a first segment in the string between and driven by the input voltage (Vi) when said input voltage (Vi) is bigger than a first threshold, and to connect the first segment and a second segment in the string between and driven by the input voltage (Vi) when said input voltage (Vi) is bigger than a second threshold bigger than said first threshold, wherein each LED element comprises a light emitting diode configured to generate blue LED radiation, said first segment comprises a second photoluminescent material comprising LED element, wherein the second photoluminescent material comprising LED element comprises (a) light emitting diode and (b) a second photoluminescent material configured to convert at least part of said LED radiation into second conversion radiation in the visible, and wherein said second photoluminescent material only has a decay time of the second conversion radiation smaller than 1 ms, and said second segment comprise first photoluminescent material comprising LED elements each comprising (a) light emitting diode and (b) a first photoluminescent material configured to convert at least part of said LED radiation into first conversion radiation in the visible, and wherein said first photoluminescent material only has a decay time of the first conversion radiation in the range of 1-500 ms. a string including a number of light emitting diode elements functionally connected with an AC voltage source configured to apply an input voltage (Vi) to said string, wherein the string comprises a plurality of segments (S1, S2, S3,...), with each segment (S1, S2, S3,...) comprising at least one or more of said light emitting diode elements, wherein the light emitting diode lighting system is configured to connect a first segment in the string between and driven by the input voltage (Vi) when said input voltage (Vi) is bigger than a first threshold, and to connect the first segment and a second segment in the string between and driven by the input voltage (Vi) when said input voltage (Vi) is bigger than a second threshold bigger than said first threshold, wherein each LED element comprises a light emitting diode configured to generate blue LED radiation, said first segment comprises a second photoluminescent material comprising LED element, wherein the second photoluminescent material comprising LED element comprises (a) light emitting diode and (b) a second photoluminescent material configured to convert at least part of said LED radiation into second conversion radiation in the visible, and wherein said second photoluminescent material only has a decay time of the second conversion radiation smaller than 1 ms, and said second segment comprise first photoluminescent material comprising LED elements each comprising (a) light emitting diode and (b) a first photoluminescent material configured to convert at least part of said LED radiation into first conversion radiation in the visible, and wherein said first photoluminescent material only has a decay time of the first conversion radiation in the range of 1-500 ms.