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Template:Color temperature scale

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Color temperatures and example sources
Temperature Source
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

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  1. ^ "OSRAM SYVLANIA XBO" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03."