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City streets look nicer under higher temperature light. This can be easily experienced by walking from a sodium lamp street to a 4000K LED one to a 6000K one, s
by kljhtopur 7y ago
City streets look nicer under higher temperature light. This can be easily experienced by walking from a sodium lamp street to a 4000K LED one to a 6000K one, since even today very few cities are completely converted to LEDs.
There are reasons to use low temperature lamps, but aesthetics is not one of them.
- andai 7y agoHave you tried f.lux (or equivalent built in blue light filter on your devices)? I remember one evening where friends didn't get the point of f.lux, until we switched it off as a demonstration, and they went "aargh, put it back! Put it back!" Not having it on my phone actually led me to buying $1 orange goggles, and eventually a newer phone with a real blue light filter. Also, do you find sunsets aesthetic? Twilight is the natural blue light filter.
- Zak 7y agoLow-pressure sodium lights are almost single-wavelength amber. They have a negative color rendering index, while incandescents and sunlight are 100, and most white LEDs are around 70. LEDs can be had in the high 90s at a cost to efficiency. LED and CFL screw-in bulbs for household lighting come in a variety of color temperatures, but people usually go for 2700K-3000K. It does seem to me that people prefer warmer light for many applications. My preference for always-on outdoor lighting is none, followed by dim, warm, and shrouded.