Wiktionary
n. 1 (label en idiomatic) A point of view resulting in a misleading or inaccurate representation of a person, situation, or fact. 2 (context legal English) A cause of action arising under the common law where a person is portrayed in a way which, while not technically false, is misleading and likely to cause embarrassment to that person.
Wikipedia
False Light or ' Vals licht ' is a 1993 Dutch film directed by Theo van Gogh.
Usage examples of "false light".
She snuffled back her tears, innocently trusting the false light created by his white clothing.
Yet I had not gone far under the false light of the Elderling globes before I saw someone coming toward me.
As usual, and this should be obvious to anyone whose eyes have not been blinded by the false light of Western science, the Pole that we see is not the real Pole, for the real Pole is the one that cannot be seen, except by some adepts, whose lips are sealed.
He showed no sign of regret for the false light in which he had placed me.