> Looking at your picture… I like the … 4300K 351d.
it is understandable that you would like the images with the closest to white looking tint… however, everything is relative to the white balance…
that same lh351d looks yellow instead of white, in this next photo
This thread may help you with white balance info
this thread has more examples of how pink my sw45k can look in a photo, when seen from the perspective of daylight white (5600k)
that same sw45k looks blue compared to incandescent white balance (3000k):
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here a strategy that has helped me learn more about the effect of my brain’s white balance, on my perception of color temperature and tint of a single flashlight:
I shine it on my wall and ceiling, during the day. My sw45k looks pink at that time.
I then shine the same light at night, after I have been sitting under incandescent light, for at least one hour, so my brain can downregulate its white balance reference. My sw45k looks blueish at that time.
I prefer to use 3500k lights, at night, when Im adapted to incandescent.
I prefer to use 5000k+ lights, during the day. (but they are hard to come by in High CRI without green tint.)
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further research on tint
the D55 reference has a tint of .0033 relative to the incandescent BBL
iow, sunlight is greener than incandescent
imo
people that work in the sun, and in brightly lit areas during the day, and need to use a flashlight when entering dark or shaded places, will prefer a light with greener tint and cooler cct (5600k w green tint)
people who use a light to relax, camping, etc, will prefer less green tint and warmer cct (3000k w tint below the bbl)
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note about the word neutral… it has a confusing double meaning
especially when the word tint is misused to mean color temperature
neutral tint means on the BBL, at all color temperatures
neutral white means 4-5000k color temperature, and can have tint that is above or below the BBL (opinions differ on the cutoff values for neutral white)
so a light with neutral tint, can be cool white, or warm white, or neutral white
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in your case, I suggest you focus on trying some lights with 4000k 219c, and LH351d 5000k.
another LED you may like is the 5700k 219c.
myself, I avoid 219c, and strongly prefer 219b.
I find 219c green, from the perspective of my incandescent home life.
otoh that green tint starts to disappaer, from the perspective of my daylight adapted brain
and btw, I definitely avoid low cri neutral white, it is terribly yellow, with no Red CRI, the light on the right in this pic is an xpl, on the left my sw45k
a note about photos
they are only good for comparing beams side by side, and they dont see the same exact colors my brain does
a note about pink
when I say pink tint, in an sw45k, I mean very pink, more than most other LEDs,
yet still, my brain will white balance to it, and it will “look” white, at night.