Such a harsh white light. No warmth at all. Surgical.
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. :)
Soft white was the game changer for me. The harsh “cool white” was just nasty. Once the warm white came out in multiple configurations, I started switching over.
A raw LED light is piercingly bright, and hurts the eyeballs.
Why?
It's the high kelvin score.
Now you can buy LEDs in the 2700 kelvin range, and they are actually pretty close to incandescent.
Go lower than 2700, and they are very warm appearing.
I still prefer incandescent, but for a hard to reach place that you don't want to replace for about 10 years, the low kelvin LEDs are a good choice.