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      07-05-2013, 06:10 AM   #1
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Smile What difference would i feel between 5000k and 6000k headlights?

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5000k is slightly lighter blue (closer to white) compared to 6000k



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Colour temperature
Main article: Colour temperature
See also: Stefan–Boltzmann constant
The kelvin is often used in the measure of the colour temperature of light sources. Colour temperature is based upon the principle that a black body radiator emits light whose colour depends on the temperature of the radiator. Black bodies with temperatures below about 4000 K appear reddish whereas those above about 7500 K appear bluish. Colour temperature is important in the fields of image projection and photography where a colour temperature of approximately 5600 K is required to match "daylight" film emulsions. In astronomy, the stellar classification of stars and their place on the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram are based, in part, upon their surface temperature, known as effective temperature. The photosphere of the Sun, for instance, has an effective temperature of 5778 K.

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stay at 5kk... the bluer you get with kelvin, the less you can see on the road.
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