LED lighting and color temperature

What is the color temperature?


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The color temperature of the lighting is the heat of the light. It has nothing to do with the heat of the lamp, but whether the light is hot or cold. The color temperature is expressed in the Kelvin unit (K). The higher the amount of Kelvin, the more the light is "cold" and white. The lower the amount of Kelvin, the warmer the light and the yellow.


In lighting, the color temperature differs according to the type of light source. From hot to cold:


Candlelight: 1500 K
Bulb: 2600 - 2700 K
Halogen lamp: 2700 - 3000 K
TL tube: 4500 - 6500 K
Light of the day: 5500 - 7000 K


The LED lighting and color temperature:


The LED lights do not have a specific color temperature, like the other light sources in the row above. With LED lighting, almost anything is possible with color temperature. You can buy LED lighting that looks cold, but also lighting that looks hot. Looking for an alternative to a bulb or a halogen lamp? So choose LED lighting with a color temperature around 2700 K. Fluorescent LED lighting is available in different colors. Often, TL lighting has a color temperature of 4000 K. It is a cold white light that is often used in offices.



Color temperature at lamp and light:


As an indication, you can assume that everything goes up to 3300 K of warm light and that all that is above is cold light. We sell light sources with different color temperatures. We divide our lighting as follows:

Warm white: 2200 - 3300 K
Bright white: 3300 - 5500 K


If you want a warm light, choose warm white. If you want a cooler white light, for example in an office, you choose bright white. You can filter here in the online store by selecting the filters under "Colored light source". In this way, you can immediately select the desired color temperature. The product description of the different light sources that we sell also indicates the exact color temperature in Kelvin. 
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