3000K or GTFO

Specifically updated my house to only use daylight bulbs everywhere.

I use lights to see. I don't need stupid orange lights

It's curious seeing people equate warm lighting with old people and old homes. Maybe it's just my region but everybody (especially boomers) switched to CFLs when those came out and then to the cheapest, nastiest cool LEDs with cornea-melting levels of blue light after that. Sometimes I feel like the only sane person when I'm walking around and seeing the insides of houses lit up the same color as you'd get from a $5 flashlight 15 years ago.

I have 4000k in the kitchen and bathroom and 2700K or 3000K everywhere else. After reading this thread I'm considering finding some high CRI adjustables because I also find the 4000k lights pretty harsh at night.

Modern led bulbs can do both and then with home assistant you can script it so the color temperature changes through the day as the sun changes.

In the morning my house is cool light around 6500k and over the day it warms up to about 3k

I just want to be able to slaughter a pig if I need to. Gotta do that under cool whites my guy.

For the people saying “5kK+ in the office, 3kK- in the bedroom” what do you use in your kitchen? In your bathroom?

Daylight bulbs are everywhere in Japan and it's so strange. I tried looking for warm light bulbs at a local store and they don't even stock them as an option. I do see them used in some people's houses so I'm sure it's not universal, but the prevalence of daylight/cool bulbs is weird to me, I'm very much warm bulb gang.

I was gonna flame you but the reality is both have their place. Sunlight bulbs in hallways and bathrooms looks awful. You can’t see shit and they cast long shadows which makes visibility worse. Daylight bulbs are great for those areas.

That said daylight bulbs are too harsh in the living areas so I understand both sides.

As someone with shit vision, I also want my house lit up like a hospital.

whole house is setup with daylight bulbs except the dining hall. it has warm lights. I hate it. it's like I'm eating in the dark.

Both. Both are good.

Daylight for the work rooms and things like home-office or homework desks, warm light for cozy couch corners and bedrooms.

Or go full high-tech and install lights with adjustable color temperature.

I dunno why, but warm lighting at night just makes me feel depressed. I need daylight bulbs across my house. Adjustable brightness preferred though, so I'm not blinding myself at night.

Daylight bulbs only belong in the bathroom. That's the only place I want to see things that bright. Also, if there's anyplace you want to feel sterile and hospital like, wouldn't it be the bathroom?

Part of my job is selling lighting.

The following conversation takes place at least once a day without falter:

X: I’d like one light like this please (puts some form of light on the table)

ME: ok (goes through the script to make sure they know what they want/it’s compatible/…yaddayadda).

X: oh and it needs to be warm in colour.

ME: 2700k got it.

X: yes, but like warm right? Because it’s led.

(Variant: the rando looking for something small for his toilet. “Oh you know, something like 18000 lumens and 60000k”

You value your eyes at all?)