[thelist] [ot] what is Color Temperature ?

[Manuel Delgado]

I mean, the other way (sorry)
Manuel

Manuel Delgado wrote:

> In photography, "color temperature" is a term to evaluate the
> quality/kind of your light, based on the following:
> If you heat a solid substance, let's say a piece of metal, it will start
> producing light, red light, to be accurate. The more heat you apply, the
> light will increasingly turn to white and finally to blue. Color
> temperature is measured in Kelvin degrees, those reached by light
> emitting heated substance, and for practical uses, the scale goes from
> 2000 K, the average candle light, to 20,000 K, beyond the blue sky
> *around 10,000 K*, being the most important reference (on photography
> standards) the 5,400 K of average midday sunlight. So, lowering your
> monitors' color T, is basically adjusting the colors towards blue.
>
> Eduardo Dominguez wrote:
>
> > I have heard that term before and to be honest never understood
> > it and never had the will to find out what it is.
> >
> > But then, yesterday, I complained to a coworker about some ocasional
> > headaches I get after long sessions with my PC.
> >
> > He suggested, lowering the monitors color temperature. Nor only does
> > the image in my monitor look more crisp it is more easy on my eyes.
> > I also didnt know that monitors had that setting.
> >
> > Can anyone explain me what Color Temperature is and what difference
> > it made when I changed that setting in my monitor ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance! :)
> >
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