I love the color temperature of a good old fashion incandescent bulb, and for me that is 3000K all day long. 2700K (or less) is too yellow (with LED's it looks fake) and anything higher than 3000K is just to cold and clinical IMO. Although some folks seem to like fluorescent lights in kitchens and elsewhere in their home. That is insane IMO, that harsh of a light is just soul sucking. Like sitting under fluorescent lights all day, no thankyou, that is only good for certain types of work for short periods.
For a home office, with computer, is 4,000 K the best choice? My current home office has 3,000 k ligjts and im having a diifcult time getting my computer set (brightness) properly. Seem to have some glare or something. Im wondering if 4,000k would interact better?
@giobbymenta - I think he meant at 0:42 a yellowy, "custardy" colour, as in apple pie and custard!! Although I suspect you may have made your comment tongue in cheek, no?!! 😀
4000k is not cool for 1. And for 2, I think the main problem is that manufacturers are inaccurate, and NONE of them are consistent. There should be industry standards set for LEDs where they have to be calibrated to within 100k of their rated color, and there should basically only be 3 tiers of lights based on color quality AKA "CRI" 85+, 90+, and 95+, with those being accurate to within a maximum of 1 CRI below their rating. And to make things simple for the customers, it should basically be 3 colors; or 5 at the absolute max. 3000k "warm white", 4000k "neutral white", 5000k "bright white" (or cool white) and if you extend it to 5 colors, a 2000k candlelight and 6000k "cool white" (or "blue-white") depending on what you call the 5000k. My theoretical favorite is 4000k. That is if I can ever get the damn chance to see a true-to-spec calibrated light.
man you re right the 4000k is neutral but not the same as sun The sun is 5800K and the best is around that if 3 gu10 probably the best is use two 6000k and one 4000
@@CarmellaNYC That's the best practice, yes. The overheads need to match each other, and the accent/mood/task lighting should match between rooms, but the overheads and accents don't HAVE to match. IE if you have overheads at 4000k or 5000k, you can have your pendant/chandelier over your dining table be 3000k, 2700k, or 2200k, but you'll also want your reading lights in the living room to match that pendant if it's open concept.
1:43 You've got that backwards. THAT is natural daylight. The sunlight you get on earth isn't white, but slightly yellowish-orange, due to the atmosphere absorbing the blue light a bit. So the 'daylight' at 1:03 is the actual cool light, because it looks "cold" and clinical due to its bluish tint.
Yeah, 5000k would be Daylight and about 6000/6500k would be cool light. Companies throwing together light packs will arbitrarily name it "cool light" at some (actually) warmer light temperature such as 4000k
