Colour temperature, measured in Kelvin (K), decides whether a room feels calm and cosy or sharp and alert. It has nothing to do with brightness — a 2700 K bulb and a 6000 K bulb can put out exactly the same number of lumens.
2700–3000 K — warm white
The colour of a traditional incandescent bulb. Relaxing and flattering to skin tones. Use it in living rooms, bedrooms, hallways and anywhere you wind down. Most of our pendant lights and decorative fixtures are warm white for this reason.
4000–4500 K — neutral white
A clean, natural light that keeps colours honest. This is the right choice for kitchens, bathrooms, home offices and retail spaces — anywhere you need to see clearly without the room feeling clinical.
5000–6500 K — cool white / daylight
Crisp and high-contrast. It suits workshops, garages, warehouses and task areas where accuracy matters more than atmosphere. Our industrial and high bay lights are mostly in this range.
CCT — pick it yourself
Some fixtures are marked CCT, which means the colour temperature is switchable. If you are unsure, or if a room does double duty as an office by day and a lounge by night, a CCT model saves you the decision.
One rule worth following
Keep the colour temperature consistent within a single room. Mixing 2700 K and 4000 K in the same ceiling makes both look wrong. The colour temperature of every product we sell is listed in its specification table.