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> My personal pet peeve are white LED lights. If you're not careful to buy the ones labeled "warm" they look cold, and imo, not very festive and inviting. I co

> My personal pet peeve are white LED lights. If you're not careful to buy the ones labeled "warm" they look cold, and imo, not very festive and inviting. I completely agree. This is true also for all household LED lighting. I prefer cold for kitchen food prep areas and bathrooms, but warm everywhere else.

dyauspitr 2y ago
Warm everywhere for me. There’s something about cold white that is very depressing. You would think more blue would mean less depressing but not in my experience.
- whatevertrevor 2y ago
  Funnily enough we're currently in the process of replacing warm lights everywhere in our house with white lights. The warm lights make us feel sleepy and depressed especially in the winter, where there's already very little sunlight up here in Canada.
  - diggan 2y ago
    Yeah, this aligns with me too, as a Swede living in Spain. In the winter time, I need strong indoor lightning that many would describe as cold and almost hostile, otherwise my body seems to go into hibernation-mode by itself. In the summers though, warm lightning is just cozier and doesn't seem so draining anymore.
  - dyauspitr 2y ago
    What works for me is the combination of warm lights that are very bright.
- croisillon 2y ago
  oh we could write a depressing song called "blue christmas"
theshrike79 2y ago
I'm weird and want it to change based on the time of day :) Morning/evening is for warm (and in some cases dim) light, during "work hours" I want the whitest of white lights and as bright as possible.
- dinosaurdynasty 2y ago
  I just got Phillips Hue bulbs and they can do this, it's great (you need a command center thing, but it works pretty seemlessly).
wiether 2y ago
Warm light in the morning make me sleepy, while cold light in the evening make me... uncomfortable. I solved the issue with the "Natural light" scene from Philips HUE. Not only it manages the temperature for you during the day, but also the intensity. It only requires the "White Ambiance" lightbulds, cheaper than the "Color" ones.

dyauspitr 2y ago

Warm everywhere for me. There’s something about cold white that is very depressing. You would think more blue would mean less depressing but not in my experience.

whatevertrevor 2y ago
Funnily enough we're currently in the process of replacing warm lights everywhere in our house with white lights. The warm lights make us feel sleepy and depressed especially in the winter, where there's already very little sunlight up here in Canada.
- diggan 2y ago
  Yeah, this aligns with me too, as a Swede living in Spain. In the winter time, I need strong indoor lightning that many would describe as cold and almost hostile, otherwise my body seems to go into hibernation-mode by itself. In the summers though, warm lightning is just cozier and doesn't seem so draining anymore.
- dyauspitr 2y ago
  What works for me is the combination of warm lights that are very bright.
croisillon 2y ago
oh we could write a depressing song called "blue christmas"

theshrike79 2y ago

I'm weird and want it to change based on the time of day :) Morning/evening is for warm (and in some cases dim) light, during "work hours" I want the whitest of white lights and as bright as possible.

dinosaurdynasty 2y ago
I just got Phillips Hue bulbs and they can do this, it's great (you need a command center thing, but it works pretty seemlessly).

wiether 2y ago

Warm light in the morning make me sleepy, while cold light in the evening make me... uncomfortable. I solved the issue with the "Natural light" scene from Philips HUE. Not only it manages the temperature for you during the day, but also the intensity. It only requires the "White Ambiance" lightbulds, cheaper than the "Color" ones.