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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I added it to our living room and family room.  I’m very happy with it now.  You do have to pay attention to the “warmth” rating of the lights.

Initially our living room was done with 3000k and it was way too white.  It looked like a doctor’s office.  I hated it.  Had another contractor come in and he changed them out to 2700k and it was so much better.  We had him do the family room as well.   [/quote]

The difference between 3000k and 2700k is negligible. I’m surprised you saw that much of a difference. [/quote]
It can make a big difference. 2700K in our condo looked dingy, and 3000K looks much better. Home Depot now carries some bulbs in both "soft white" (2700K) and "bright white" (3000K).[/quote]

Then probably has more to do with CRI (color rending index, higher the better) than the color temp.[/quote]
They're all cheap floods that mostly don't list CRI, so presumably the CRI is nothing special. One box I have from a 3000K flood says CRI 80.[/quote]

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