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I think some people must be more sensitive than others to the color temperature of light, myself included. My parents (who are otherwise wonderful people) use t

I think some people must be more sensitive than others to the color temperature of light, myself included. My parents (who are otherwise wonderful people) use the 3500-4000K fluorescents in their living room instead of the much more warm and pleasant table lamps. When I walk my dog at night, I often see the blue-green glow of what must be 5000K bulbs coming from many of my neighbors houses. And my office mis-ordered bulbs for their track lights and ended up with a random mix of 3000K and 5000K bulbs; I seriously considered finding a new job until I was able to convince them to change the bulbs, but nobody else really seemed to mind. By the way, Philips makes a line of dimmable LED bulbs that are 2700K at full brightness but go down to 2200K as they dim. Installing those in my dining room fixture was a revelatory experience.

wwweston 8y ago
Some people may be more sensitive than others, but there's a reason why computer glasses filter out blue light, and it's not simply personal. Had a similar experience to yours with an office, except the blinding 5000k hangers also bothered a lot of other people, to the point where normally many of them were unscrewed/turned off... except when we had clients we were trying to land coming to the office. Then management decided that we needed to have them all burning full brightness in order to make a good impression for key visiting clients. Lighting sensitivities are yet another thing that are easy to personalize for in sane office plans, but can be a big drain in an open floor.
- lostlogin 8y ago
  I assume many have bought a light bulb that emits white light when they want a warm light. Everyone look like a zombie, it’s truely awful. Who wants those bulbs and why?
  - Tade0 8y ago
    My SO uses 5000K lights for drawing, otherwise the colors are off in sunlight and in photos. I also prefer outdoor lighting to be on the hotter side - low temperature lights to me look too much like sodium lamps.
disillusioned 8y ago
I'm also hyper-sensitive to this. Our office has a stairwell light that has to be straight up 5000K fluorescent. It's awful. I found that Hyperikon's LEDs are all extremely accurate in their color temperatures, well matched amongst themselves, and support dimming. I use their 2700Ks in the office, and made sure everything matched.
amelius 8y ago
I've been hypothesizing that people from countries that are closer to the equator prefer higher color temperatures ("colder", white light) than people from northern countries, who I think prefer warm light. I could be wrong, of course.

wwweston 8y ago

Some people may be more sensitive than others, but there's a reason why computer glasses filter out blue light, and it's not simply personal. Had a similar experience to yours with an office, except the blinding 5000k hangers also bothered a lot of other people, to the point where normally many of them were unscrewed/turned off... except when we had clients we were trying to land coming to the office. Then management decided that we needed to have them all burning full brightness in order to make a good impression for key visiting clients. Lighting sensitivities are yet another thing that are easy to personalize for in sane office plans, but can be a big drain in an open floor.

lostlogin 8y ago
I assume many have bought a light bulb that emits white light when they want a warm light. Everyone look like a zombie, it’s truely awful. Who wants those bulbs and why?
- Tade0 8y ago
  My SO uses 5000K lights for drawing, otherwise the colors are off in sunlight and in photos. I also prefer outdoor lighting to be on the hotter side - low temperature lights to me look too much like sodium lamps.

disillusioned 8y ago

I'm also hyper-sensitive to this. Our office has a stairwell light that has to be straight up 5000K fluorescent. It's awful. I found that Hyperikon's LEDs are all extremely accurate in their color temperatures, well matched amongst themselves, and support dimming. I use their 2700Ks in the office, and made sure everything matched.

amelius 8y ago

I've been hypothesizing that people from countries that are closer to the equator prefer higher color temperatures ("colder", white light) than people from northern countries, who I think prefer warm light. I could be wrong, of course.