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Re: An end to high-energy bulbs



Temperature does not necessarily equate to warm and cold.  You could
have a plasma at a temperature of several million K, but if it had a
very low density, it wouldn't feel warm.


Ian Oliver wrote:
>
> In article <006101c8010c$94f18270$0200a8c0@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:006101c8010c%2494f18270%240200a8c0%40mccalls.local>>,
Mark McCall
> wrote:
> > Me too! Horrible commercial/factory/cold lights.
>
> Whenever I have quizzed someone about what they mean by
"cold" in
> regards to lighting, about 99% of the time they are referring to light
> with a high colour temperature!
>
> Low temperature lights (colder) tend towards yellows and reds (the
> "start" of the rainbow.
> High temperatures (hotter) are towards the blues and violets.
>
> Ian Oliver
> Sunny Leeds, UK
> Using Java on Tini for control via Dallas 1-wire
>
>




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