Selecting The Best Colour Temperature for Your Outdoor Space & Garden

Perth Garden Lights: 12V LED Spike Lights Warm White 3000kTo accentuate the landscape and architecture of your house, it is important to select the right light colour temperature for your landscape lighting project. This can affect the mood and the ambient of your outdoor environment and the appearance of your garden at night. At Perth Garden Light we believe it is easy to get it wrong by choosing the wrong light colour temperature, and ruining the relax and inviting feel that you initially wanted from your lighting project. That’s why Perth Garden Lights carefully considers all elements of your outdoor space before choosing light colour temperature for your lighting design project. We hope this guide will help make informative decision on how to select the right LED Light Bulb for your next lighting project.

Light Colour Temperature:

The colour of your light that your LED bulbs (or lighting source) emits depends on its "Colour Correlated Temperature," is measured on the Kelvin (K) temperature scale. Most LED globes have a temperature scale ranging from 2700K to 6000K. The colour temperature ranging from 2400K-3500K is considered "Warm White" and 3000 – 35000K is considered "Pure White" and 4500K – 6000K is considered "Cool White".

Temperatures 3000K or below are termed warm white or yellow light and as values descend, more amber tone is seen. Temperatures 4000K increase the bluer tone, creating bright cool colour which awakens the brain by making it is daytime.

Perth Garden Lights Recommendations:

Warm white – We recommend using warm white in the garden to illuminate ponds, trees, shrubs and against garden features. It creates a smooth warmth into your garden while offering natural tone and colours of the vegetation. We recommend 2700K-3000K colour temperature for your garden, and stay away from cool white.

Pure white – We recommend using pure white in trees as it replicates moonlight. Down or up lighting can be used in this techniques to create a romantic atmosphere. Pure white lights is also recommended for security lights to outline pathways. We recommend We recommend 3500K colour temperature for these techniques.

Cool White. We recommend to use cool white lights for general lighting; hospitals, garages, shopping centres, leisure centres and industrial locations.

Most customers and builders get confused by is Kelvin rating, it important to note that Kelvin rating will only change the color temperature, it won't make your space brighter with a higher rating. Perth Garden Lights recommend to stay away from high Kevlin rating (cool white) for your garden lighting, and instead use warm white to create that warm inviting feeling for your home. Your choice of outdoor led landscape lighting and its light colour temperatures will dictate how you experience your outdoor living.

Perth Garden Lights was born from technical expertise and a passion for re-creating outdoor living spaces. We know how important outdoor living is to the Australian lifestyle and understand that your home is an important asset.