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White Light?!

Andrej: "I HATE white light, it is unatural and makes me uncomfortable "

Assuming you are measuring the white balance by colour temperature what do you consider to be "white" and what do you consider to be "natural"?

I ask because natural ambient light can only really be considered to be sunlight. Direct midday sunlight generally has a temerature of about 5-6000K. Truly natural daylight would generally include a degree of skylight and is generally considered to be 6500K. Shade in summer tends towards 7-8000K.

Domestic tungsten lighting is around 2600-3000K.

So natural light (daylight!) is considerably whiter than domestic lighting. So how can you consider white light unnatural? Do tell. I would be genuinely interested to know.

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