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Color Applications Guide

Color Temperature Guide
Click below to view sample products in the color temperature ranges described:

Color Temp Range

 		Effect on Color

 		Typical Applications
Warm
(below 3500K) 		-Enhances red
-Dulls blues
-Adds yellow tint to
white and greens 		-Restaurants
-Specialty shops
-Lobbies
-Executive offices
-Residential

Midrange
(3500-3900K) 		-Basically neutral
-Enhances most
colors equally
-Does not emphasize
either yellow or blue

 		-Retail stores
-Supermarkets
-Showrooms
Cool
(4000K) 		-Enhances blues
-Dulls reds
-Imparts bluish tint
to whites and greens

 		-Offices
-Hospitals
-Manufacturing areas
CRI Comparisons
Click below to view sample products in the CRI ranges described:

CRI Range
Rating
Typical Applications
80+ Excellent -Retail
(displays, stores
and shops)
-Showrooms
-Restaurants
-Executive offices
-Conference rooms
-Lobbies
60-80+ Good -Offices
-Classrooms
-Security lighting
-Supermarkets
-Manufacturing areas
-High bay areas
-Large scale interiors
(sport areas)
< 60 Poor -Street lighting
-Warehouses
-Parking lots