Choosing the Right Outdoor Lighting Color Temperature

Color temperature is simply how “warm” or “cool” your light is or, put differently, how “yellow” or “white” your light is. Using the right types of lights for various outdoor lighting applications is an important consideration.

To achieve the most effective outdoor illumination and to minimize harmful side effects from that lighting, a lighting designer needs to have a good understanding of the nature of light, the effects of various types of light, and the light sources they use. Additionally, with the advent of an entire new generation of lighting, LEDs, it is all the more important that we not only consider light quality, but use good information to guide the development and implementation of the science of color temperature.