Basement office / photography room light color

[mtbdudex]

Well I replaced the 5 ceiling can lights in my basement office / photography room with diffuse reflectors, truly like that more than the prior lamps.
(Also the 2700k BR30 lights)

The new LED lights I bought from Costco are light color adjustable (and dimmable).

Had it at 2700k, too warm, moved to 3000k which seemed slight warm, so moved to 4000k. At first I liked that, yet now feels too blue.. may go back to 3000k.
Q: what is your office / workplace lighting at color temp wise? And why?

These actually worth every penny, they diffuse the light very nice.

Ha, selling this for $20 on marketplace

These are the dimmable & color selectable LED bulbs I’m using.

 

[_timo_redux_]

A lighting consultant I work with and I often debate lighting color temps. I prefer warmer, she's landed on 3000K.

But that's for general lighting, rather than task-specific lighting, like e.g., evaluating color prints.

FWIW I never personally go past 3000K.

What's the CRI on your bulbs?

 

[mtbdudex]

A lighting consultant I work with and I often debate lighting color temps. I prefer warmer, she's landed on 3000K.

But that's for general lighting, rather than task-specific lighting, like e.g., evaluating color prints.

FWIW I never personally go past 3000K.

What's the CRI on your bulbs?

Well my bulbs are Costco bulbs .. residential stuff, I had to look up CRI

Color rendering index (CRI) is a way to express how ''normal'' or ''true to life'' colors appear under an artificial light source, like a flashlight, versus a natural/standard light source, like sunlight.

Color rendering index (CRI) is a way to express how ''normal'' or ''true to life'' colors appear under an artificial light source, like a flashlight, versus a natural/standard light source, like sunlight.

www.olightstore.com

From Costco info:

Features:
800 Lumens, Dimmable
60W Replacement, Uses Only 8.8 Watts
5 Selectable Shades of White (2700K Soft White, 3000K Bright White, 4000K Cool White, 5000K Daylight, 6500K Cool Daylight)
With the Selectable White Feature, Never Have a Mismatching Shade of White Light Inside Your House!
Energy Star

 

[_timo_redux_]

I do tend to be more concerned about CRI than color temp. 80 is a bare minimum, but I prefer higher.

If your bulbs are Feit, it looks like the CRI is 90. Not bad, but not SOTA either.

17.5W (100W Equivalent) Selectable White (5CCT) Dimmable LED Light Bulb (2-Pack)

Upgrade old incandescent bulbs to LED technology and get a bulb that gives you five white light choices with Feit Electric’s Dimmable Selectable White 17.5-Watt A19 LED Light Bulbs. Install them just like any other bulb and select your preferred color temperature from a switch on the bulb or...

www.feit.com

Not surprisingly, high CRI bulbs are in my experience more expensive.

 

[Apple fanboy]

We have adjustable LED's in our house. D50 (500K) for me every time. Funny thing is we sell products at work to control lighting in workspaces and viewing booths etc for professional designers etc. We even sell stickers and meters so you can test the number you are supposed to be getting is what you get.
Little coloured stickers where it shows strips unless it's at the right temperature. https://www.rpimaging.com/products/pia-gatf-rhem-light-indicator

I never knew stuff like that existed before I joined the company.

 

[OldMacs4Me]

Personal preference. Halogen for evaluating color. Other than that whatever is comfortable for your eyes.

 

[mtbdudex]

FWIW I settled on 3000k ..