On 3/3/05 3:36 AM, "jking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think the colour temperature is dependant upon the time of year and time of
day.
True. Here's a decent run-down of that, excerpted below:
<http://www.sizes.com/units/color_temperature.htm>
So you might say Windoze monitors are set more towards the color temperature
in their native habitat, the florescent-lit office, whereas the standard
chosen for Macs is closer to sunlight at noon in Cupertino. :-)
-Rob
Source
Color temperature in kelvin
Skylight (blue sky)
12,000 - 20,000
Average summer shade
8000
Light summer shade
7100
Typical summer light (sun + sky)
6500
Daylight fluorescent (caution!)
6300
Xenon short-arc
6400
Overcast sky
6000
Clear mercury lamp
5900
Sunlight (noon, summer, mid-latitudes)
5400
Design white fluorescent
5200
Special fluorescents used for color evaluation
5000
Daylight photoflood
4800 - 5000
Sunlight (early morning and late afternoon)
4300
Brite White Deluxe Mercury lamp
4000
Sunlight (1 hour after dawn)
3500
Cool white fluorescent (caution!)
3400
Photoflood
3400
Professional tungsten photographic lights
3200
100-watt tungsten halogen
3000
Deluxe Warm White fluorescent
2950
100-watt incandescent
2870
40-watt incandescent
2500
High-pressure sodium light
2100
Sunlight (sunrise or sunset)
2000
Candle flame
1850 - 1900
Match flame
1700
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