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Color Temp for Kitchen

jmnorse
12 years ago

How do people feel about the color temperature of recessed task lighting for a kitchen? I'm going to have medium-stained cabinets and will use 4" recessed LEDs. I have two options in my price range: EcoStar and Commercial Electric.

The EcoStar (Cree CR4) puts out a nice 575 Lumens, but is 2700K color temp (soft white like incadescent lights in a bedroom).

The Commercial Electric only puts out 400 Lumens, but is 3000K temp. I think the 3000K is a bright white and is closer to what I thought was typically used.

Essentially this boils down to is 2700K ok for kitchen task lighting? If so, it reduces how many lights I need by 33%...

Justin

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