Fillable Printable Approximate Correlated Color Temperature for Variou s Light Sources

Approximate Correlated Color Temperature for Variou s Light Sources

Approximate Correlated Color Temperature for Various Light Sources

Source Degrees K

Artificial Light

Match Flame 1700

Candle Flame 1850

40-Watt Incandescent Tungsten Lamp 2650

75-Watt Incandescent Tungsten Lamp 2820

100-Watt Incandescent Tungsten Lamp 2865

500-Watt Incandescent Tungsten Lamp 2960

200-Watt Incandescent Tungsten Lamp 2980

1000-Watt Incandescent Tungsten

Lamp

2990

3200-Degree Kelvin Tungsten Lamp 3200

Molarc "Brute" with Yellow Flame

Carbons & YF-101 Filter (approx.)

3350

"C.P." (Color Photography) Studio

Tungsten Lamp

3350

Photoflood or Reflector Flood Lamp 3400

Daylight Blue Photoflood Lamp 4800

White Flame Carbon Arc Lamp 5000

High-Intensity Sun Arc Lamp 5500

Xenon Arc Lamp 6420

Daylight

Sunlight: Sunrise or Sunset 2000

Sunlight: One Hour After Sunrise 3500

Sunlight: Early Morning 4300

Sunlight: Late Afternoon 4300

Average Summer Sunlight at Noon

(Washington, D.C.)

5400

Direct Mid-Summer Sunlight 5800

Overcast Sky 6000

Average Summer Sunlight (plus blue

skylight)

6500

Light Summer Shade 7100

Average Summer Shade 8000

Summer Skylight Will Vary from

9500 to

30000