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Old Jun 30, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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LED Temperature?

Does anyone know what temperature white leds are? Or at least a rough estimate? My guess is they are either 6000 or 8000k. I have white leds in my park lights, and would like to eventually have my fogs and hid lamps to match the led color as closely as possible. So if anyone else has white leds and higher temp. HIDs, id really like to hear your opinions.
 
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Old Jun 30, 2007 | 11:51 PM
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They come in a range of color temperatures. Most retail LED bulb vendors don't state the value but when they do I have mostly seen between 4500K and 5500K. 6000K is quite blue, and I think a vendor usually would not simply describe it as white. I believe the factory Xenon headlights are around 4300K.
 
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Old Jul 1, 2007 | 06:39 AM
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i took this so that it may be easier for those of you in the know to compare. the factory hid is 4300k, but you can see the park lights are a bit more blue. when the headlamps first come on, they match really well. but after a few seconds the headlights turn more white, thus not matching any longer.



 

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Old Jul 1, 2007 | 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by mushadd
Does anyone know what temperature white leds are? Or at least a rough estimate? My guess is they are either 6000 or 8000k. I have white leds in my park lights, and would like to eventually have my fogs and hid lamps to match the led color as closely as possible. So if anyone else has white leds and higher temp. HIDs, id really like to hear your opinions.
From Oznium:

 
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Old Jul 1, 2007 | 11:37 PM
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looks to me like my leds are about 6000k. Thanks Imagox.
 
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