The many rooms in your home each have their distinct atmosphere. A living room might be a great location to unwind, while the kitchen calls for an air of freshness. Wouldn’t it be great if you could adjust the lighting in each area to suit the ambiance you want to create? To top it all off, you can simply adjust the “color temperature” of every LED light in your home, which is one of our favorite features. In this article, we’ll examine the ideal color temperatures for a variety of rooms and spaces within your home.
LEDs in the Family Room
The living room is one of the most versatile rooms in the house since it may be used for a variety of purposes. Do you like it to be hot, cold, or just right? We suggest a range of LED color temperatures to accommodate the variety of uses you intend for the living area.
In addition, we suggest using many light sources to get the optimal LED color temperature, giving you the most flexibility in terms of the temperatures you can access and when. When you and your friends want to play a board game, bright overhead lights are ideal, but when you and your family want to watch a movie, softer lighting from lamps is preferable. In general, we advise using LED lighting with a brightness of 1,500–3,000 lumens and a color temperature of 2,200–3,000 K for the living room. They may seem enormous, but so are the possibilities for what you may do with your living room.
LED Colors for a Study or Home Office
While the thought of working from home may be appealing, many people find that they are better able to get their job done when they are subjected to the bright lights of an office. With the right LED color temperature in your home office or study, you may achieve the same level of concentration. Lights that mimic sunshine are ideal for increasing serotonin levels in the brain, as humans are hardwired to work at their best during daylight hours. If you like to get some work done at night but still have time to unwind, you may adjust the lighting in the workplace to suit your needs. Lamps and pendant lights hung above workspaces may be moved around to provide the optimal amount of light for any given activity or time of day. The recommended level of brightness for a home office or study is between 3,000 and 6,000 lumens, and it is best to use LED lights with a color temperature ranging from 3,000 to 5,000 Kelvin.
These LED light settings can help you concentrate when you need to and relax when you don’t.
LED Color Options for Kitchens and Dining Rooms
In smaller homes, it is common for kitchens and dining rooms to be connected, but this does not imply that they have to have the same LED color temperatures.
They evoke completely different emotions!
A kitchen is where meals are prepared, while the dining room is where they are enjoyed. Kitchens are often the most scientifically equipped rooms in a house, so they are a good place to experiment with using cooler tones of LED lighting. The colder LED color temperature may flood open-concept houses with an uncomfortable glare if you go all out with the cooler design, so it’s ideal if your kitchen is not immediately exposed to everything else.
The ideal LED color temperature for a kitchen is between 2,700 and 5,000 Kelvin, and the suggested brightness is from 4,000 to 8,000 lumens. On the contrary, if the temperature in your dining room is higher, it will create a more cozy atmosphere for any dinner gathering. To have the ability to adjust the lighting to your preference, we recommend installing a chandelier with dimmable LED lights above the table
with a color temperature of 2,200–3,000K and a lumen output of 3,000–6,000.
Color Temp. of Bathroom LED Lighting
A bathroom is a place of business for most individuals, even though we all hate being jolted awake by the bright light. Even if softer light might make us seem better in the mirror, it would be a self-serving gesture. Having flawless makeup and no stray hairs left behind after shaving is a top priority. For this reason, we’ll need LED lights with a brightness of 4-8,000 lumens and a color temperature of 3,000-5,000 kelvin.
LED Color Temperatures for Bedrooms
Sleeping and, well, you get the point, are the only two acceptable uses of the bedroom, at least in Dr. Oz’s opinion. That is to say, you should try to unwind as much as possible in there. Some may argue that the main use of bedroom lighting is to locate the bed. Keep the LED brightness in the bedroom between 2,000 and 4,000 lumens. LEDs in the bedroom should have a color temperature of about 2,700 K.
Lighting, Inc.’s LED experts can help you get started with the process of selecting the ideal LED color temperatures for your house.
