Switching to white light ?

True white light seems nicer than any warm light color.

[rojorum]

I liked this video. As an American l have personally grown tired of white lights as they are used extremely often here. They are also used in places that one does not have best experiences. Because of this over exposure I have associated white lights as being harsh and uninviting and have been working to reduce the white light in my home.
All that being said I am glad that you like changing your lighting up and are willing to give white lights a chance. I had no idea white lights were uncommon in the Netherlands.

[enhydramatic]

The setup at 2:11 looks way more pleasant, because the light is reflected from white walls and is thus scattered (barring the reflection on the screen, but that’s manageable). So there are no sharp shadows and no unbearably brights points to accidentally look at. For me, this is very important, so I don’t have traditional ceiling lamps, and all sources of illumination are pointed away from objects, towards the walls and the ceiling.

Also, consider hooking warm and cool lights to separate controls, so that you can mix them as you desire at any particular moment.

[Nachimir]

I occasionally build my own LED lights, and use various colour temperatures. I find high CRI is the main factor in niceness and comfort, and temperature relates to purpose. Workspaces: daylight all the way. Bedroom, living room: warm white after 22:00. Otherwise, temps of 4000 - 5600K can keep me awake into the early hours without me even realising it's late

[MrBunl]

The film lamp is probably closer to 6000K to match typical daylight. Though you can get good and terrible LED bulbs in 6000K. If the CRI is too low it can still be unpleasant to work under.

[colterwehmeier]

Would love a longer video with your thoughts on lighting!

[Agnes.Nutter]

I love daylight lighting when it’s daytime (or _should_ be daytime, in the darker parts of the year), but in the evenings I can’t abide it at all.

[dragomirpazura]

6000K white light makes perfect sense for working, however in my opinion it's not that great bedroom lighting as it can disrupt circadian rhythm, dim warm light does much better job when it's time to sleep. Luckily with the advent of adjustable color LED bulbs we're free to mix the whitepoint however we want and set timers for different parts of day and night.
I guess that warm light preference in Europe is just down to not very bright winter days and very long sunsets in summer. The closer to equator, the more people are going to use colder color temperature lights, saying they can't see anything in warm light. You can already spot it in Middle East/North Africa and it only gets more visible further south.

[aperson]

I like ~5500K 'daylight' lighting for workspaces - especially the effect of "extending daylight" it can have in the winter months.
I would not consider 4000K to be a 'daylight' white. But it's what I choose for kitchens and bathrooms.

For living/dining areas, I much prefer ~3200K.
But warm lighting *really* needs high-quality bulbs to look good (high CRI/RA rating).
Cheap bulbs can look okay at cooler temperatures (most are based around blue emitters) but awful at warm temperatures. It gives me brain fog.

Color-adjustable lighting unfortunately tends to be lower quality than fixed-temperature bulbs, but I do like having lamps fade from bright warm lighting ~3200K to ~1200K late at night.
Combining this with the "night shift" feature on my devices making their displays warmer at the same time really helps me sleep better.

[ConvexSpade]

4000K is equivalent to daylight during sunrise or sunset, so still fairly warm. Neutral daylight will typically be in the 5000K-5600K range, and cool daylight will be closer to 6500K.

[talhaakram]

White light messes with my sleep so I tend to use light bulbs that are slightly warm, and after sunset I switch to lamps which have warmer color temperature bulbs installed. This has really helped me with eye strain while working and also results in better sleep. I don't do color grading so my work is not effected by the color of my lights

[Pleezath]

White light is good to work with (like the building lamps, but also because It matches daylight) amber or warmer light is more relaxed on the eyes. I'd suggest you don't change your living room with 5600+- Kelvin lighting but have it around 2400 - 2700

[sud]

I like warm light for getting in the mental headspace for bed time. But to get work done white light is nicer. I actually have all kinds of different light bulbs/temperatures which creates nice color gradients in my room :)

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I think the idea that we are stuck with today is that warm light reminds us of light from a fire place and is supposed to be cozy or something.

[DaveChurchill]

This is the first Lazy Posy video that I can finally agree is quite lazy, well done!

[Foxfac]

I love everything about this video. thank you

[__Obscure__]

Here in the US I've found it quite easy to buy "pure" white LED lightbulbs for home use. They're marketed as "Daylight." If you can find some lights labelled as "Daylight" you might want to try those out.

[AngryApple]

I tend to set my Desklamp to white when I work and to warm white when I want to relax. The white light makes it feel light daylight and more pleasing to work with

[vincepale]

Love your videos. In 2018 I went with white / Daylight bulbs when we built our addition to our home, and I was able to move out of the Basement.

I had a kid in 2021, and slowly I've been moving back toward more warm / yellow/ orange bulbs,

They just feel calmer for winding down for bedtime.

I bet you could have some real fun with Zigbee bulbs where you can adjust the Color Temperature.

[paranoiia]

Countries that dont get lots of sun or get rainy weather a lot. Prefer warm lights in homes.
Countries that get lots of sun, prefer white lights.
Only difference is that most people prefer strong white lights in bathroom and kitchen no matter of country they live in. BUT... In countries that have that weird trend of using kitchen as living room(place where they spend lots of time talking with guests or family members. eg, Poland and Germany) pick warm lights in kitchen to make it more cozy.

As for your work area, beside picking up GOOD white light(Philips bulbs suck, and they die often), its also important to get in to the account room colors as light bounce from surfaces and will affect colors.

[butterdubs]

high CRI is important most LED bulbs are crap