Consider a bulb's Kelvin temperature. There are two major ways to differentiate between types of light: The Kelvin temperature (this measures the warmness or the coldness of the white light spectrum) ...

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They're on opposite ends of the color temperature scale. MirageC/Getty Images While determining the proper color temperature of your lighting may not sound like an exciting proposition, this small ...

Is there a sufficiently reliable way to get an acceptable measure of the actual colour temperature of the the light generated by an LED bulb, using generic hardware and/or software? Maybe there's an ...

Light is light, right? Not exactly. The light that comes from the overhead fluorescents at your office is probably nothing like the light that pours from your favorite chandelier at home or that of ...

We've all been there. You set out to paint your porch ceiling, your beach house bathroom, or your bedroom, spend hours choosing the exact right shade and preparing your supplies, and putting on the ...