The correlated color temperature is the hue of color a light source, or lamp, produces. The unit of measure for CCT is degrees Kelvin and is on a scale from 1000K to about 10,000K. The higher the CCT the cooler or more blueish the hue of the light becomes. Lower CCT lighting results in a warmer, yellowish hue of light.

Most lamps sold today have a lighting facts area printed on their boxes that rate a lamps light color.

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