If talking about the pip boy light. It uses the same color as the pip boy display. You can adjust in the options menu under the display tab. I quite often set it to a light blue or white (or some shade of gray).
If you have a mining helmet I believe you can adjust the color in the armor workbench. I do not recall if you need a perk for any of the colors.
The light is coming from the backlight of the display. You are just making the screen brighter. I prefer using a mining helmet.
I am not on the PS4 (Have the PC and Xbox 1 version). Hopefully in a DLC or in a patch we get more options to maybe mod the pipboy or adding flashlights and being able to attach them to any head gear or maybe on the chest piece.
I have a feeling mods will be made for flashlights and the good thing is that mods will be coming to the consoles as well.