I was looking around at some budget lights to pick up and just about all of the ones I was looking to get had options to choose that were 4,000, 5,000, 6,500 and so on. I can’t recall if there was a suffix behind the number listings.
Can you all tell me what these numbers mean and how I would choose the right one for my needs.
It refers to the color temperature of light. The higher the number the bluer the cast, the lower the number the yellower the cast. It’s more than a little confusing in that warmer light is lower color temp than colder light. Color temp comes from the output of stars like the sun, alpha Centauri, Betelgeuse, etc. each has a different color that corrresponds to the surface temp of that star.
Like if u want use a light upclose i tend to favor something more warmer, if u want flood a huge area outdoors then its better have something cooler white i think since color rendition isnt as important then but its different taste for everyone.