Colour temperature

Colour temperature - the temperature of a black body at which it emits radiation of the same chromaticity as the radiation under consideration. In other words, it is an objective measure of the color impression of a given light source, for example:

• 2000K - candle light color
• 2800K - very warm white (incandescent) color
• 3000K - sunrise and sunset
• 3200K - the color of the incandescent light of studio lamps
• 4000K - white color
• 5000K - cool white color
• 6500K - day color
• 10000-15000K - pure blue sky color
• 28,000-30000K - lightning