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Timothy C. Tyler · 12-23-2002, 12:02 AM

I bought some too. I like them. Two things though. Imagine one room lit by 5500k lights and one lit by 6,000k lights. Without seeing the print on the bulbs can you walk from one room to the other and tell one from the other?

Our eyes adjust like digital cameras and declare "okay, this is white etc. What's that feature called on a digital camera where it reads the light source and adjusts? Secondly, and more important, what happens to the work when it's sold? Maybe (at best hope) 4000k halogens or worse if it goes to a museum with really weak light from 30 or 40 feet away. The museums sometimes use good light color but it's often to far away.

12-23-2002, 12:02 AM	#14
Timothy C. Tyler Inactive Joined: Jan 2002 Location: Siloam Springs, AR Posts: 911	I'm glad for you. I bought some too. I like them. Two things though. Imagine one room lit by 5500k lights and one lit by 6,000k lights. Without seeing the print on the bulbs can you walk from one room to the other and tell one from the other? Our eyes adjust like digital cameras and declare "okay, this is white etc. What's that feature called on a digital camera where it reads the light source and adjusts? Secondly, and more important, what happens to the work when it's sold? Maybe (at best hope) 4000k halogens or worse if it goes to a museum with really weak light from 30 or 40 feet away. The museums sometimes use good light color but it's often to far away.