cold looking energy saving bulbs

[svmsbb]

I want to use the energy bulbs around the house but they look so cold looking any ideas how to make them look a bit warmer. thanks

[The Natural Philosopher]

Buy ones with a lower colour temperature.

They come in all flavours these days.

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I never understand this cool / warm looking, to me it's either light or not, but then I'm the type of person who never feels any warmer when you have an orange glow light on an old electric fire, so many old people say "Oh, doesn't it look nice and cosy with that light on the fire" -- Err, no, it's makes no difference, if you want it warm and cosy you have to turn the heating up!

[meow2222]

You got some that arent what you want, try a few different brands. They vary a fair bit. Some are very good.

NT

[Guy King]

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Now if you were to paint the room a warmer colour and have a cheerful fire effect fire you wouldn't /need/ to turn the heating up!

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Thus spaketh Guy King:

Hmmm, doesn't matter what the room looks like if it's below 22c it's cold, changing the paint and having a fire effect fire isn't going to alter the temperatute, if it's under 22c it's under 22c, my body feels the heat difference, I'm one of many who's brain isn't fooled by what it sees.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Umm. Your one of only one whose body isn't fooled by what it sees, or you would be like my dogs and cats, who stolidly ignore what's on the telly, as being 'not there at all'

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thanks for sharing that but it's widely accepted that blue spectrum light is cold and yellow/red spectrum light is warm. nothing to do with being fooled, just a basic understanding of the principles involved.

[simonsmith.uk]

I dont know if its still the case , but enery saving bulbs (like florecent tubes) give very little light at the red spectrum , hence "feeling cold"

Introducing "warmer" colours (lamp shades?? ) may work , but as these work by filtering out some light from the "blue" spectrum, may make rooms quite a bit darker, so a brighter bulb might be in order .

as ever its a bit of informed trail and error

[svmsbb]

thanks for all may just change the shades with a pink tinge.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Its actually a term used to *describe* the spectral variation....because fires are 'warm' and dull overcast skies are 'cool'..as the spectra density veers off towards the (infra?) red things look ruddier and more 'firelit'

[tinnews]

It's also not necessarily anything to do with feeling warm.

A warm (i.e. more red) light makes things look different compared with a cold (i.e. more blue) light, some people may simply prefer the way things look under a 'warmer' light.

[Andy Hall]

Throw them in the incinerator?

[Pete C]

Hi,

Try the Philips 'Softone' ones mentioned in this post:

cheers, Pete.

[Owain]

Yeah, do you want the bedroom to look like a brothel or a pathology lab?

Owain