Under cabinet lighting
- Thread starter tdg
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Warm white will given a yellower feel (hence the term warm) to your kitchen while the other light will give a much bluer/colder feel.
Personally if the kitchen was mainly white i'd opt for the "warmer" colour temperature lights
Personally if the kitchen was mainly white i'd opt for the "warmer" colour temperature lights
Theres a huge difference between 2700 and 6400.
2700 is very warm. IMO 3500 is warm enough for most applications.
6400 is stupidly blue lol. Shops tend to use 4500, which is cool white.
6400 attempts to recreate daylight, but will appear very "blue" compared to normal filament lighting (imagine on an overcast day in a north facing room, thats the sort of colour we're talking)
In a kitchen I'd fit 4500K lamps (if I could find them in B&Q - good luck with that lol, they only seem to sell warm white)
2700 is very warm. IMO 3500 is warm enough for most applications.
6400 is stupidly blue lol. Shops tend to use 4500, which is cool white.
6400 attempts to recreate daylight, but will appear very "blue" compared to normal filament lighting (imagine on an overcast day in a north facing room, thats the sort of colour we're talking)
In a kitchen I'd fit 4500K lamps (if I could find them in B&Q - good luck with that lol, they only seem to sell warm white)
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