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**mrmephistopheles** · 01-01-2004, 04:03 PM

the higher the Kelvin number (K) the more blue the light will be.
OEMs do 4200/4300K HID.. anything up to 5300K or so is still pretty acceptable in terms of whiteness. Something like 4000K is natural sunlight.
When you get past 6000K and especially up to 8000K, it gets blue. REALLLY blue. Look stupid to me, and it doesn't do anything positive for your light output.. at that point your stock halogen lamps would be putting out more light than those.

01-01-2004, 04:03 PM	#1
mrmephistopheles Magnanimous Justice Distribution Service Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: BFE Age: 23 Posts: 14,372 Trader Rating: (9)	the higher the Kelvin number (K) the more blue the light will be. OEMs do 4200/4300K HID.. anything up to 5300K or so is still pretty acceptable in terms of whiteness. Something like 4000K is natural sunlight. When you get past 6000K and especially up to 8000K, it gets blue. REALLLY blue. Look stupid to me, and it doesn't do anything positive for your light output.. at that point your stock halogen lamps would be putting out more light than those.