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Comments (1)The answer is yes, color is not a constant, it is going to change depending on how light hits it. There is a poster named Funcolors who hangs out on the Paint Forum who could likely write a thesis on this. She is a color expert....See Morelight fixtures & light bulbs - general
Comments (2)I'm curious about this, too. We have been in our present house for three years, and have two similar fixtures close to each other, on the same switch, in several rooms. We've replaced one bulb several times over three years, and the other (in several rooms, not just one!) has not been changed!...See MoreLight bulb for exposed bulb pendants
Comments (1)If you don't want it to be a Edison style bulb, what type are you looking for? What is the base of the fixture?...See MoreProper Kitchen Lighting /Light Bulbs
Comments (13)@che11e - you are right - you are not going to find anything at a big box store with a 4000 k temperature. They are made, but only by a few manufacturers. Most have a couple of choices that are somewhere between 2700 and 3000 or a 5000 Lowes seems to carry mostly GE light bulbs Choices in colors are Soft White 2700 k, Reveal 2850 k, Daylight 5000 k Cree- one of the two brands that I use has Soft white - 2700 k , bright white 3000 k and Daylight 5000 k Feit - the other brand that I use has the same offering in the general use lights Soft white - 2700 k , bright white 3000 k and Daylight 5000 k This information is generally on the box and labeled "temperature" I also looked at the HD website and they do have one standard light bulb that comes in a 4000 k and it is a brand that I am not familiar with. If you plan on getting any fixtures with integrated LED light bulbs they are almost all 3000 k. This means that it will look whiter than your other lights if you have 2700 k light bulbs in your other fixtures or yellow if you have 5000 k light bulbs in your other fixtures. I have not been able to find a single manufacturer that is making a ceiling fan with an integrated light that is not 3000 k and I have researched for months. So the color is choice 1 The other 2 things I use are lumens (brightness - amount of light produced) and CRI (Color Rendering Index). Most light bulb packages will provide both the lumens and the Watt equivalent and the temperature. Few are showing the CRI. CRI/color rendering index is a measurement of how well a light bulb renders different colors. The light waves emitted from a light bulb should be balanced, but LED is still a fairly new technology and not all lights emit balanced wavelengths, so different bulbs may not pick up reds or blues or greens as well as another. If you are used to 2700 k lighting 5000 k is going to look bright. 5000 k is like daylight on a clear day about 2:00 in the afternoon (Noon daylight on a clear day is 6500 k). Right before sunset when the sky is turning orange the light is about 2700 k When I first changed out all the lights in the home I bought it looked so bright, but after a couple of days it didn't seem so bright. Now it seems normal and I notice how yellow and dim other homes look. Not everyone likes the bright white light of a daylight bulb. I happen to love purples, violet grays and taupe. All of these colors get muddy with yellow lighting. I use 5000 k daylight bulbs. My sister in law has country style decor, cornflower blues and peaches and creams. She uses 3000 k light bulbs. My sister has a Tudor home and a lot of industrial and antique furniture and fixtures. Her home is decorated in fall colors, burnt orange, golds, greens. She uses 2700 k lighting. All three homes look good with the lighting that was selected for their homes and would not look as good with a different color light. Hope this helped make things a bit clearer for you....See Morejakkom
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