Re: [APD] lighting temperature question

["S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>]

It was just a joke about office lighting ;-)

The only way to know the color of a bulb is to see it or at
least get a view of a graph of it's output across the
spectrum. Color temp ratings are like a can of beans for
dinner. It passes but far from ideal.

sh
--- Russell Vance <russell_vance at gmail.com> wrote:
> I like 6700K on planted tanks, I wouldn't consider it
> blue at all. It is 
> more of a yellow. I also keep reef tanks and prefer the
> 14,000K on those. 
> 10,000K is pretty much stark white while 14,000K has a
> fair amount of blue 
> in it. I have never heard of offices with a blue color.
> Most cheap 
> fluorescent bulbs used in offices use the cheapest
> phosphors available and 
> are pretty yellow.
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