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What LED Color Temperature to choose for a project, from 2700K to 6500K
- By Lumistrips LED Professional
- Apr 12, 2023
Natural light is white light which is not static but a dynamic source with changing tone and brightness, as a day goes by and seasons change. The tone of white light is called color temperature and is express in degrees Kelvin (K).
The color temperature of daylight changes during the day, from 2000K at sunrise and sunset to 5500-6500K at noon. In the shade in can even go to 8000-10000K.
Artificial light sources are available with all relevant color temperatures of sunlight. Some of them, such as incandescent lamps, can be produced with only one color temperature: 2700K. LEDs are light sources that can be produced with all color temperatures from 2000K to 10000K, while the most are found in the 2700-6500K range.