Poll: Warm white or Cool white interior lighting?

[Tik-Tok]

Just curious. I know in a few old posts, some people have said they prefer one over the other.

My neighbor has cool white, and it looks ugly as hell IMO. I suppose it might depend on your interior design style too. His is "old man stuck in the 70's". Really doesn't make his glorious green carpet look anymore attractive.

[craigcd]

I bought cool white and ended up returning for warm. Felt like I was in a hospital or something, resulted in headaches.

Cool white works well in the garage though!

[NoPulp]

Originally posted by craigcd
I bought cool white and ended up returning for warm. Felt like I was in a hospital or something, resulted in headaches.

Cool white works well in the garage though!

+1

[HiTempguy1]

Warm. We even run them in the office, I'd kill myself if I had to sit in cool white light all day long. Bothers me.

[nismodrifter]

Warm. My dad got leds in cool and I fucking hate it. Changed the whole cozy feeling of home.

[legendboy]

I think its weird how people can have the cool led's at home, feels way too much like office lighting

[Masked Bandit]

Cool White seem institutional so it's Warm White for us at home. I don't mind having the Daylight / Bright White in the garage though, seems to be about halfway in between.

[realazy]

You're missing the bright white option which is 3000k. I have bright white in the kitchen and its great. Warm white (2700k) everywhere else thoguh.

[ZenOps]

I get lighting to match the color balance of the HDTV, which is an older fluorescent lit, so I prefer 2700K.

3000K seems to be most popular though, only people who like to simulate blue sky go much higher than that.

[JordanEG6]

Originally posted by nismodrifter
Warm. My dad got leds in cool and I fucking hate it. Changed the whole cozy feeling of home.

Same here. I thought I was the only one that hated it.

I absolutely hate cool white lights. It actually changes the atmosphere in the home.

[B16EJ8]

3000K Bright White is perfect for me at home.

Cool white in the garage.

[schocker]

Warm everywhere except garage, basement and outside where I use daylight 5000k.

[Disoblige]

You can probably get away with cool white in your home in a really modern looking design. But I agree with most here; warm in house, and cool in garage and maybe kitchen.

[bigbadboss101]

Warm all the way. Got the cool white for our living room lights and replaced them after 2 hours of use.

[rage2]

Totally depends on the room, wall colors, furniture colors, etc. Some rooms work better with cool, some rooms better with warm.

[Strider]

3000K bright white is best

I have cool white in the garage, but I'm not convinced it's better than bright... more of a throwback to fluorescent-lit garage/workshop. Will probably swap them out eventually.

[sputnik]

In bedrooms I use 2700K

In common areas and outside I use 3000K

I have never found a place where I like using 5000K

[buh_buh]

not a huge fan of the rape museum vibe, so I like the warm in almost all cases.

[mr2mike]

Go LED white trash color.
Mix the two colored bulbs in one fixture.

[Swank]

Once I tried Sylvania micro-mini 23w 3500K CFLs there was no turning back. Maximum lumens per watt and just slightly on the warm side of pure white. They are a bitch to find, I seem to be stockpiling in case they go off the market, heh. Sofa king bright!

Dunno how to vote based on this color being in the middle. I doin't like how dull 2700k looks, so seventies/eighties, but cool white isn't cozy by any means.