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color rendering index

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color rendering index (CRI)
A measure of the closeness with which a light approximates daylight having the same color temperature.


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Output of more than 900 lumens, equivalent to a 60 Watt incandescent light bulb * Lifetime of more than 25,000 hours, which is 25X greater than a typical incandescent bulb* Color Rendering Index (CRI) greater than 90, which is a high measure of lighting quality * Color Temperature between 2700 -- 3000 Kelvin, which is "warm" white light comparable to that of incandescent sources 2009 Al Bawaba (www.
Metal halide, used as general lighting in stores during the '80s and '90s, produced a colder, bluer light, but the new track lamps are much warmer and come close to halogen on the color rendering index.
The first chapter is devoted to fundamentals of light-emitting diodes, the perception of vision by the human eye, methods used in conjunction with the chromaticity diagram, and associated international standards in terms of color temperatures and color rendering index.
 
 
 
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