Hi,

I'm building a new house and have decided to install LED downlights to all rooms of the house.

I've sort of gone overboard with the number of downlights.

I'm going warm white for the bedrooms and natural white for the bathrooms.

Now, what colour spectrum light do people prefer for the living/kitchen area?

I'm going to use the Wattsaver DL7-1400 which I have tested and are very impressive.

I purchased a sample of both Natural white and Warm white/

I will install dimmers in the lounge room as it may be overly bright.

Natural white is 3800k-5000k
Warm white is 2600k - 3800k

I'm don't like Cool white 5000-8000k. It reminds me of the office I work in.

I prefer Warm white for the living and kitchen area, the wife prefers Natural white.

What colour do people prefer, I will sell the house one day so would prefer the more popular colour.

Here is a photo of the kitchen



The colour of the paint is a light warm grey, kitchen is 2 pac white and flooring and timber spotted gum.

While I prefer Warm white, I will be more than happy to live with Natural white (but not Cool white), but I'm worried Natural white will make it look too cold and uninviting.

I also have LED strip lighting under the overhead cabinets and pendant lights over the kitchen bench so will buy either warm white or cool white lights to suit the downlights.
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