High-pressure sodium lamps use sodium under high pressure as the primary light-producing element. These high efficiency lights produce a golden white color and are used for interior industrial applications, such as in warehouses and manufacturing, and for security, street, and area lighting.

Flash lamps are HID lamps widely used for pulsed operation. Xenon lamps are high intensity discharge light sources, which produce light by an electrical discharge through xenon vapor operating at relatively high pressures and temperatures.

Metal halide lamps use mercury and several halide additives as light-producing elements. These lights have the best colour rendition index of the high-intensity discharge lamps. They can be used for commercial interior lighting or for stadium lights. Mercury Vapor Lamps use mercury as the primary light-producing element, includes clear, phosphor coated, and self-ballasted lamps. They largely used for A wide range of high intensity discharge lamps is manufactured by a host of manufacturers.