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> People complaining about LEDs being too "bright" or "clinical/sterile" were too bothered to look into the different color temperature options And where when

> People complaining about LEDs being too "bright" or "clinical/sterile" were too bothered to look into the different color temperature options And where when I'm buying these lights at the supermarket does the information that other color temperature options present itself? I've bought lighting for camera work, but I've never seen anything about color temperature at a local store.

wodenokoto 10y ago
I've seen it on Philips bulbs in the supermarket and also on Ikea bulbs (obviously not in the supermarket) For brand names I think it is pretty common, at least here in Europe.
- protomyth 10y ago
  I've never seen a chart in a Wal-Mart or Target, and this was never a concern for the average person with incandescent bulbs.
  - mark-r 10y ago
    Incandescent bulbs never had any variation, they're all around 2700K. The GE Reveal bulbs I believe use a color filter to influence the appearance, but the filament still glows the same as everybody else's.
    - protomyth 10y ago
      > Incandescent bulbs never had any variation, they're all around 2700K. That's basically my point. Of course people will complain about the light since LEDs act differently and buying options didn't properly explain how to get back to something that looks like what people had.
JonathonW 10y ago
You're not going to get a ton of granularity, but you should be able to find at least ~2700K and ~5000K bulbs in your local supermarket, if they've got a decent selection at all-- "soft white" bulbs are going to be ~2700K and "daylight" bulbs are ~5000K. Stores with larger selections may have a few options in between, too; "cool white" and "bright white" designations aren't uncommon (although exactly what they mean may vary; check the packaging if you're not sure).
- protomyth 10y ago
  I guess my problem is the information discovery. How does the average person buying bulbs in Target or Walmart know to look for this new thing? "Soft White" and "Daylight" are good terms but I wonder how you know the difference? Daylight bulbs had a bit of a different meaning in my mind, but I guess I grew up in a rural area.
  - JonathonW 10y ago
    It's not new; it's the same terminology that's been used for the past few decades. You could buy "soft white" and "daylight" incandescents, too.
stephen_g 10y ago
In Australia at least, pretty much every single different bulb has its colour temperature printed on the box, as well as a usually having little bar chart thing showing where in the visible spectrum it sits. They all have descriptions like "Cool White", "White" and "Warm White" too. It works pretty well - I haven't been disappointed in LED globes I've bought, whereas I bought a few CFLs back in the day that I couldn't stand.
- taejo 10y ago
  I take it "cool" means "higher temperature" and "warm" means "lower temperature"? :)

wodenokoto 10y ago

I've seen it on Philips bulbs in the supermarket and also on Ikea bulbs (obviously not in the supermarket) For brand names I think it is pretty common, at least here in Europe.

protomyth 10y ago
I've never seen a chart in a Wal-Mart or Target, and this was never a concern for the average person with incandescent bulbs.
- mark-r 10y ago
  Incandescent bulbs never had any variation, they're all around 2700K. The GE Reveal bulbs I believe use a color filter to influence the appearance, but the filament still glows the same as everybody else's.
  - protomyth 10y ago
    > Incandescent bulbs never had any variation, they're all around 2700K. That's basically my point. Of course people will complain about the light since LEDs act differently and buying options didn't properly explain how to get back to something that looks like what people had.

JonathonW 10y ago

You're not going to get a ton of granularity, but you should be able to find at least ~2700K and ~5000K bulbs in your local supermarket, if they've got a decent selection at all-- "soft white" bulbs are going to be ~2700K and "daylight" bulbs are ~5000K. Stores with larger selections may have a few options in between, too; "cool white" and "bright white" designations aren't uncommon (although exactly what they mean may vary; check the packaging if you're not sure).

protomyth 10y ago
I guess my problem is the information discovery. How does the average person buying bulbs in Target or Walmart know to look for this new thing? "Soft White" and "Daylight" are good terms but I wonder how you know the difference? Daylight bulbs had a bit of a different meaning in my mind, but I guess I grew up in a rural area.
- JonathonW 10y ago
  It's not new; it's the same terminology that's been used for the past few decades. You could buy "soft white" and "daylight" incandescents, too.

stephen_g 10y ago

In Australia at least, pretty much every single different bulb has its colour temperature printed on the box, as well as a usually having little bar chart thing showing where in the visible spectrum it sits. They all have descriptions like "Cool White", "White" and "Warm White" too. It works pretty well - I haven't been disappointed in LED globes I've bought, whereas I bought a few CFLs back in the day that I couldn't stand.

taejo 10y ago
I take it "cool" means "higher temperature" and "warm" means "lower temperature"? :)