Headlight & DRL Color Temperature Changed?

[J Alynn]

I am an amateur expert on lighting. I am 3000k on nearly everything. 4000k looks like you are in an operating room.

Yeah 3000-3500K is my preferred. Especially being in design and residential. Nothing like folks with brown stone putting 4500k in their porch lights and turning the stone visually green. And while I’m on my soapbox-just because the landscape light kit had 20 lights doesn’t mean you have to use them all. They are for ambiance and safety, not landing airplanes. And design tip of the day. They should be tucked into your landscaping-you never want to see the source of light-just the glow-I unless it’s a premium light/design that is intended to be a showpiece, in which case place at end of walk adjacent to landscaping.

 

[LastDayScout]

Yeah 3000-3500K is my preferred. Especially being in design and residential. Nothing like folks with brown stone putting 4500k in their porch lights and turning the stone visually green. And while I’m on my soapbox-just because the landscape light kit had 20 lights doesn’t mean you have to use them all. They are for ambiance and safety, not landing airplanes. And design tip of the day. They should be tucked into your landscaping-you never want to see the source of light-just the glow-I unless it’s a premium light/design that is intended to be a showpiece, in which case place at end of walk adjacent to landscaping.

 

[speedrye]

I have 5000K in the garage, 4000K in the working areas inside (kitchen, hall, etc.), and 2700K on inside living areas. I can tell the difference.

I do the same thing on my off-road vehicle where I have amber, yellow, 4300k, 5000k and 6000k for different purposes, some HID, some LED. The colder colors seem to do better for long range lights while the 3000k-4300k do much better at color contrast up close, especially on wet pavement. The warm colors are obviously better for inclement weather. For home purposes, 2700k-3000k max, except the garage where I have stupid amounts of 5000k light.

 

[J Alynn]

I do the same thing on my off-road vehicle where I have amber, yellow, 4300k, 5000k and 6000k for different purposes, some HID, some LED. The colder colors seem to do better for long range lights while the 3000k-4300k do much better at color contrast up close, especially on wet pavement. The warm colors are obviously better for inclement weather. For home purposes, 2700k-3000k max, except the garage where I have stupid amounts of 5000k light.

You are using them all the way they are intended which is awesome

 

[J Alynn]

I do the same thing on my off-road vehicle where I have amber, yellow, 4300k, 5000k and 6000k for different purposes, some HID, some LED. The colder colors seem to do better for long range lights while the 3000k-4300k do much better at color contrast up close, especially on wet pavement. The warm colors are obviously better for inclement weather. For home purposes, 2700k-3000k max, except the garage where I have stupid amounts of 5000k light.

But what color underbody perimeter lights do you use-green, blue, purple or red?

 

[Logan]

I am an amateur expert on lighting. I am 3000k on nearly everything. 4000k looks like you are in an operating room.

I respect your expert level status, but am comforted by the "preferences are subjective" side of things .

Two things:

1) Our home is on the warm side of things already. Dark wood floors/baseboards/cabinets/window and door casements, and painted a "warm very light grey" inside (Sherman Williams "Agreeable Grey"). So 4000k doesn't feel like an operating room to me, but I could see how it could, especially in some other homes with a cooler color palette.

2) My wife struggles with SAD a bit. And when we moved into our home, it was painted a matte "universal khaki" (Yes, that is its actual name from Sherman Williams. And on the second floor, it was walls, AND ceiling, ugh), which was even darker/warmer. So to help with that, we did brighter, and cooler temperature. I also did the brighter paint, and that helped. I also did 100w equivalent bulbs in the master bedroom, and family room (on dimmers), so if we wanted to we could turn on the "high beams". Those all seemed to help.

 

[J Alynn]

I respect your expert level status, but am comforted by the "preferences are subjective" side of things .

Two things:

1) Our home is on the warm side of things already. Dark wood floors/baseboards/cabinets/window and door casements, and painted a "warm very light grey" inside (Sherman Williams "Agreeable Grey"). So 4000k doesn't feel like an operating room to me, but I could see how it could, especially in some other homes with a cooler color palette.

2) My wife struggles with SAD a bit. And when we moved into our home, it was painted a matte "universal khaki" (Yes, that is its actual name from Sherman Williams. And on the second floor, it was walls, AND ceiling, ugh), which was even darker/warmer. So to help with that, we did brighter, and cooler temperature. I also did the brighter paint, and that helped. I also did 100w equivalent bulbs in the master bedroom, and family room (on dimmers), so if we wanted to we could turn on the "high beams". Those all seemed to help.

Great color. Go to for me with clients. I went accessible beige which is a smidge darker but two great, neutral colors that don’t go green or pink. IYKYK

 

[Logan]

Great color. Go to for me with clients. I went accessible beige which is a smidge darker but two great, neutral colors that don’t go green or pink. IYKYK

Whoa, I wasn't expecting anyone to know that color off the top of their head. Fair play sir! And a huge upgrade from matte "universal khaki".

My wife really wanted a more "modern" looking greige, but when we tested them in our home, the warm wood made them all look like different shades of baby blue. So we ended up going warmer, and not going blue (or green like some of them).

We spent wayyyy too long finally landing on Agreeable Grey. But we really like it. And funny enough, we had a lot of family members come over, like the color, and use it in their homes.

 

[J Alynn]

Whoa, I wasn't expecting anyone to know that color off the top of their head. Fair play sir! And a huge upgrade from matte "universal khaki".

My wife really wanted a more "modern" looking greige, but when we tested them in our home, the warm wood made them all look like different shades of baby blue. So we ended up going warmer, and not going blue (or green like some of them).

We spent wayyyy too long finally landing on Agreeable Grey. But we really like it. And funny enough, we had a lot of family members come over, like the color, and use it in their homes.

Sadly I have a SW paint deck. Occupational Hazard

 

[Logan]

Sadly I have a SW paint deck. Occupational Hazard

<in jest of course sir>

< But... I don't know if I could do that as my day job>