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When describing color temperatures, the "warm" color tones actually have colder temperatures. (feddit.org)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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So lets say if you compare the color temperatures of 2500 K vs 5000 K, the 2500 K would have more red light and usually is described as "warm" light, even though it is called a lower temperature at the same time.

(Yeah I know the color temperatures in Kelvin have smth to do with black body radiation, but I wonder if the red light = warm and blue light = cold has some evolutionary background or that blue light has been discovered wayyyy later (blue LEDs etc.).)

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago

Look at someone who is cold, their lips are blue, someone who is hot, will be red.

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