I follow you up to the 6420K xenon arc lamp --
but my question is, what does a 9600K bulb look like? Does it mean it's a blue LED? The description says super white LED -- but I haven't seen anything beyond the 6000K to have any idea what that might look like -- if it is at all possible.
All the others are in the 5-6000K range -- that they're selling on that site for LEDs -- with that one very notable exception. It seems like that one's out of the ball park.
That's what piques my curiosity.
All the others are in the 5-6000K range -- that they're selling on that site for LEDs -- with that one very notable exception. It seems like that one's out of the ball park.
That's what piques my curiosity.
The higher the color temperature, the more blue the color. BUT, the human eye has a remarkable capability to equalize color temperature to a great extent. While an ordinary incandescent light's output is rather yellowish compared to the sun, our eyes tend to see them much closer than they really are. The difference isn't seen to be as great as it really is.
A good way to observe the differences is with a digital camera. Set the White balance to tungsten and take a picture indoors with ordinary lighting. The resulting picture will have normal coloration. Keeping the camera set for tungsten (incandescent) lighting, take a picture outdoors in the sun, and it will appear very blue in comparison.
Likewise, setting the camera white balance for sunlight and then shooting indoors with incandescent lights will result in a very yellow/brown tint to the resulting image. In auto white balance setting, the camera is closer to mimicing the results of the eye because it uses some degree of logic to correct for the color temperature of the light source. Not perfect, but most cameras do fairly well.
Back in the film days, we'd have used filters to shoot (without flash) pictures under incandescent lights. BTW, most camera flash units produce a light color close to that of sunlight.
All this dancing around, and I don't think I've answered your question. Yes, the light will be a little bit blue, but due to the eye/brain's capabilities, it will still appear as a very white light source at 9000+K, unless it is viewed side-by-side with a 5000-6000K light source. Then it will be decidedly bluer.