NY wrote

I think they choice of colour depends on the environment. In a kitchen or
a study where we need plenty of light and/or don't want it to be too
restful, we've got daylight white. In bedrooms and the lounge, we've
either got warm white, or else Philips Hue which can be set to a range of
colours. The shades of white from normal Philips Hue make a lot of sense:
they go from candle white (yellowish) to daylight shade (quite blue), with
normal warm white and daylight in between. I'm not sure it's worth
spending extra to get colour Philips Hue which have a much wider gamut of
colours, ranging from neutral white to very saturated colours.

Specially if you always use the one color and just want to
be able to select it very easily when setting it up initially.

The one problem with dimmable LEDs (certainly Philips Hue, and maybe other
ones) is that the dimmest setting is actually quite bright, if you want a
night light that can be left on to guide someone to the loo at night
without keeping them awake.

That’s trivially fixed with a movement sensor because
you can specify when it only uses a low level that you
can still see by, by time of night so you don’t get
dazzled or wake anyone else up.

I'm not sure why it's not possible to reduce either the current (for
non-pulsed LEDs)

They are in fact pulsed and you can see that by wagging
your finger between your eyes and the bulb with bulb on.

or else the mark:space ratio (for pulsed full-on-or-full-off
? LEDs) to make the light go even more dim. One day
when I can be arsed to do it, I'll measure the range of brightness in
terms of "stops" on a camera.

"Brian Gaff (Sofa 2)" wrote in message
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But people say, is there a setting that looks like halogen with that nice
hue to it.
Brian

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On 09/03/2020 08:46, Andy Bennet wrote:
On 09/03/2020 08:27, Rod Speed wrote:
Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote

Now according to people I talk to, its not that leds are less bright
than halogens, but the light is different in quality. It is often
described as stark or stressful, but maybe somebody can tell us why.

Mine arent when set to warm white.

I actually quite like the 'whiter' light from some LEDs. Of course, it
isn't to everyone's taste.