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Light & Color Basics

An overview of how color temperature (CCT) and color rendering (CRI) come together to determine the quality of light.


Home & Residential Lighting

Which LED Light Color Temperature Should I Choose?

When searching for LED lights, you'll come across the option to choose a color temperature. You might see it described as color tempera...Read More

Color Science

What is CRI? The ultimate guide to the Color Rendering Index

Color Rendering Index (CRI) is an often misunderstood metric of color quality. Yet, for any application where color appearance is important,...Read More

Home & Residential Lighting

What is the difference between CCT and CRI?

Before energy-efficient lighting became mainstream, choosing a light bulb was quite straightforward. The 40-watt bulb not giving you enough ...Read More

Color Temperature Selection

Still unsure which color temperature to choose? Check out these articles for more inspiration.


Home & Residential Lighting

Choosing Between 2700K and 3000K

When searching for home and residential LED lighting products, you will oftentimes come across a choice in c...Read More

Home & Residential Lighting

Should I Choose 4000K LED Lights? An In-Depth Look

When shopping for LED bulbs, you'll come across "warm white" or "soft white" bulbs, which typically have a color temperature rating of ...Read More

Circadian Matching

Difference Between 5000K and 6500K Bulbs

When searching for "daylight" or color-balanced LED lights, you may frequently come across two different color temperature options: 5000K an...Read More

Color Matching

Top 4 Things To Consider Before Buying 6500K Daylight LED Bulbs

Are you looking for Daylight White LED bulbs? Unsure about whether 6500K is the best color temperature? Read our 4 point guide before making...Read More

Retrofit Bulb Basics

What do product codes like "A19" and "E26" refer to, and do they fit in your lamp fixture?


Home & Residential Lighting

Everything You Need to Know About A19 Bulbs

What does the term A19 mean? The term A19 is used to describe the overall shape and dimensions of a light bu...Read More

Home & Residential Lighting

Are E26 and A19 the Same Thing?

When shopping for light bulbs, you may come across the terms A19 and E26. If you're confused about whether they mean the same thing, read on...Read More

Home & Residential Lighting

E26 vs E27 Bulbs - Interchangeable? Not Necessarily!

You may be wondering if E26 and E27 are the same or interchangeable, and if you can use an E26 bulb in an E27 socket, or vice versa. Before ...Read More

Home & Residential Lighting

How to choose a BR30 LED lamp

You may be looking to replace some of the older lighting in your home, and come across a form factor called BR30. What does this mean and ho...Read More

CENTRIC SERIES

Flicker-Free LED Lighting

LED lights oftentimes exhibit invisible flicker - rapid fluctuations in brightness that occur many times per second. Because of its rapid speed, this "flicker" in an LED lamp may not be visible, but can have physiological and neurological effects on our bodies, such as eye strain, fatigue, headaches and difficulty in concentration....Read More

LED Strip Light Basics

Got questions about how to plan or install an LED strip light system?


LED STRIP LIGHTS

Everything You Need to Know Before You Buy

LED strip lights are new and versatile forms of lighting. There are many variants and exceptions, but for the most part, they have the following characteristics...Read More
Home & Residential Lighting

How to Connect An LED Strip to a Power Supply

If you're new to LED strip lights but are eager to get them up and running, the most critical step is figuring out how to provide the approp...Read More

Home & Residential Lighting

How to Dim LED Strip Lights

LED strip lights are great lighting tools for any project. But sometimes, you will want to have some level of dynamic control over the brigh...Read More

Home & Residential Lighting

Troubleshooting LED Strip Problems

LED strips come in a very wide variety of sizes, ...Read More

Home & Residential Lighting

Aluminum Channels for LED Strip Lights - Are They Worth It? An In Depth Look

One of the most popular accessories for our LED strip lights include our ...Read More

Lighting and Well-Being

Discover aspects of lighting that affect our health and circadian rhythms.


Human Centric Lighting

Everything You Need to Know About Full Spectrum Lighting

The term "full spectrum light" gets used frequently, and oftentimes erroneously, as there is no single agreed upon definition. ...Read More

Human Centric Lighting

Diagnosing and Resolving LED Flicker Issues

Perhaps you see some vertical lines in your smartphone camera shots, observed some strobing in moving objects, or simply ...Read More

Human Centric Lighting

Are LED Lights Safe? Are They Harmful to Your Health?

LED lights are rapidly becoming the standard lighting technology in many applications, and in many areas have become the only option as inca...Read More

Human Centric Lighting

Blue Light, Melatonin and Circadian Rhythms

Many of us now live in a world where we have access to electricity 24 hours a day. However, a growing body of research indicates that exposu...Read More

Latest Articles

See our latest published articles.


Home & Residential Lighting

Lux and Kelvin - An Overlooked Relationship Between Illuminance and Color Temperature

When planning lighting for a space, many people take a disjointed, two-step approach in determining their lighting needs. The first step is ...Read More

Home & Residential Lighting

Why Can't These Light Bulbs Ship to California? An Overview of the California Energy Commission's Title 20

The State of California has historically been a leader in promoting energy efficiency at the policy level, oftentimes by requiring manufactu...Read More

Color Science

How Wildfire Smoke Affects the Daylight Spectrum - A Technical Analysis

In recent months, wildfires have ravaged the western United States, causing widespread devastation and damage. Smoke from the wildfires has ...Read More