Template:Color temperature scale
Appearance
Temperature | Source |
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1700 K | Match flame, low pressure sodium lamps (LPS/SOX) |
1850 K | Candle flame, sunset/sunrise |
2400 K | Standard incandescent lamps |
2550 K | Soft white incandescent lamps |
2700 K | "Soft white" compact fluorescent and LED lamps |
3000 K | Warm white compact fluorescent and LED lamps |
3200 K | Studio lamps, photofloods, etc. |
3350 K | Studio "CP" light |
5000 K | Horizon daylight, Tubular fluorescent lamps or cool white/daylight compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) |
5500–6000 K | Vertical daylight, electronic flash |
6200 K | Xenon short-arc lamp[1] |
6500 K | Daylight, overcast |
6500–9500 K | LCD or CRT screen |
15,000–27,000 K | Clear blue poleward sky |
References
[edit]- ^ "OSRAM SYVLANIA XBO" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03."