[thelist] [ot] what is Color Temperature ?

[Scott Dexter]

[excellent explination snipped]

> Although I have never heard of a knob or setting on a monitor that can
> adjust CT, perhaps what your co-worker meant that some setting on your
> monitor can change the quality of light emitted from it to a warmer,
> less harsh and less glaring quality.
> 
> in layman's terms, i think you could reduce the wear on you eyes with
> the brightness and contrast knob.
> 

A decent modern monitor has CT settings, you'll hafta dig around in your
monitor's docs ...

sgd