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To: rudedog who wrote (100771)3/13/2000 11:14:00 AM
From: Road Walker  Respond to of 186894
 
Rudedog, OT Lighting

Yes the color temperatures of 2500K to 3200K are great for ambient or accent lighting.

For task lighting, you should really go to 5900K to 6500K. This will give you great color rendition, improved contrast and reduced glare. What Berman found is that your pupil size is smaller. This gives you better depth of field (focus), the same as you get in a photograph when you close down the aperture on a camera lens. As a result, when you are doing any close work (reading a book or document, sewing, woodworking for Paul), your eyes do not have the strain of having to refocus as often, and you actually see better.

The retina is very sensitive to the yellow portion of the spectrum. So the commodity lighting industry has made lighting with a high yellow content. The result is perceived bright light for less watts, but bright often makes human sight less acute and less comfortable.

John