[central_va]

Such a harsh white light. No warmth at all. Surgical.

[cuban leaf]

Such a harsh white light. No warmth at all. Surgical.

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You can now choose the color temperature. I agree that the “sunlight”.

This explains it:
https://richbrilliantwilling.com/blogs/light-reading/7988231-understanding-color-temperature-of-led-lighting

I have some 6K LED’s in my house and they are terrible. Meanwhile, I have a LOT of 2.8k LED’s in my house and they are spectacular. In fact, some have that nice “orange” light look from low wattage designer bulbs. They are 40 watt and have long LED filaments. We have strings of those over our 40x20 deck. Two strings, 80’ of suspended lights. The entire setup uses 60 watts, total! And the lighting is extremely romantic.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DFGY6N8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

And we even got a remote controlled (keychain switch) connector that allows us to turn them on and off from inside the house.

And for all the paths and gardens on our property there is stuff like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Upgraded-Illumination-Waterproof-Wireless-Security/dp/B077BFM2W5/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=led+solar+light&qid=1563799846&s=lawn-garden&sr=1-3

Yep. We know when deer are trapsing through the property. :)

[snoringbear]

“Such a harsh white light. No warmth at all. Surgical.”
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You should go to a store, such as Homedepot that has a large selection. I’m replacing with the led soft white bulbs. Puts out a soft slightly yellow cast. Not the harsh white you’re referring to. Just a side note; I’ve replaced all the bulbs in my camper with led bulbs. They draw less watts yet are brighter and put out virtually no heat which is important being most camper AC units struggle to keep up when outside temp exceeds 90 degrees.

[democratsaremyenemy]

Just make sure you buy soft white instead of daylight.

[ConservativeMind]

You need to look at the high color spectrum lights. They are just like old light bulbs.

GE has its Reveal, Relax, and Refresh lights. Pick the Kelvin temperature you want and put them in.

https://www.gelighting.com/led-bulbs/product-family-hd

We have no Refresh lights—they are around 5000K.

The Relax is around 2800K. The Reveal is around 3300K.

Lights are available at these general temperatures, already, but most only give you 80% of the equivalent color spectrum of a old light bulb. The GEs give you into the mid 90% of an old light bulb, which means you look more healthy.

Fluorescent bulbs can’t begin to look as complete a light as good LEDs.

[from occupied ga]

Such a harsh white light. No warmth at all. Surgical.

You would be referring to "daylight" color temperature. Your eyes evolved to work in daylight and function best with that color temperature. Personally my 75+ year old eyes far prefer the daylight LEDs than the lower color temperature ones that emulate incandescent or whale oil lighting. My only problem is that quite a few of them overheat their circuitry when installed in enclosed fixtures. I've replaced the fluorescents in my shop area with LEDs for two reasons - first, the fluorescents frequently won't light at all when the humidity is high as it frequently is in Georgia and Florida, and secondly I can get a lot more light for the same electricity usage, and when you're reading micrometers or setting machinery, you want to be able to clearly see what you're dong or risk ruining the part.

[null and void]

See post #73

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B8WK8DR/?tag=reactual-20

Not ER light. Dimmable. Full power they are bright as hell but the light is warm.

[AFreeBird]

Pick a warmer color temp. Say, 2700K