Color Temperature
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Color temperature examples |
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| Light source | Color temp °K |
| Candle light | 2000 °K |
| Normal bulb |
2700 °K |
| Halogen bulb |
3000 °K |
| Sun light |
5500 °K |
| Cloudy day |
6500-7000 °K |
| Standard Xenon bulb | 4300 °K |
| Xenon bulb | 5-6000 °K |
The lights color tone is defined as color temperature and is measured in the Kelvin scale.
High color temperature is towards blue color tones and low color temperature is towards more redish color tone.
