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My home is full of bright, warm yellow/orange LEDs.

I also have a lot of "sunlight" LEDs which I'll describe as "white" and I LOVE them for big rooms and making daytime feel like daytime. Great for my office.

I recall blue being a big problem when LEDs for homes were new, but when I bought a house 3 years ago and revisited it, I was delighted to find so many very solid options. Dimmable, non-flicker, warm LED bulbs. The Canadian government also chipped in with my tax dollars so they were about 50 cents each.

My one complaint is that even the fancier, pricier ones seem to burn out too. In 3 years I've had to replace 4 ceiling bulbs of about 50 (the builder went nutty with recessed ceiling lights). I think they're just driven really harshly by the A/C.




“for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources”

This is what drives your "warm" lamps. No deep red at all, man.


I guess my lying eyes deceive me.

By filtering out other wavelengths I’m left with all this warm light rather than nothing.




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