Kitchen Lighting Help/Ideas

Keep_The_Change

I have recently had a new kitchen installed which has under the cupboard LED lights. (the ones with tiny little bulbs like dots inside) They give off a clean, ice-white type light colour, rather than your usual yellow-toned light.
Exactly like this:




Now, I want to put a kitchen ceiling light - either a Bar light with spotlights or a circular plate with spotlights, like these, for the ceiling:



OR



But in particular im looking for a light fitting that will give off a ice-white light rather than a yellow tone.

What exactly should i be looking for? Is it the type of bulb or light fitting? I do not want the light to give off a yellow tone. Any links to products would help.
Budget is up to £60-70 for the light

Thanks:beer:

Alan2020

You can get a spotlight fitting from Wilko for £10 and use energy saving or Led bulbs like what I did here:

Alan2020

This is what it looks at night by the way:

Cornucopia

You'll find that the cheaper kinds of those fittings are usually equipped with GU10 mains voltage sockets. The bulbs available for that socket include Halogen (cheap), Low Energy (more expensive, cheaper to run) and LED (very expensive, not widely available yet).

The LED bulbs will be "ice white", as you describe it, and Low Energy will be similar. Halogen lamps will normally be yellower (though the colour can vary).

LED bulbs are generally still significantly lower brightness output than similar bulbs of other types, which may be an issue in a kitchen.

Ben84

The measure of how white or yellow a light source will be is given as a number that is colour temperature in kelvin (or just K sometimes). Higher numbers should be whiter than lower numbers. Often it's printed on the bulb packaging, so you should be able to find out what colour temperature your under counter bulbs are and look for other bulbs that are similar.

Keep_The_Change

Been googling around abit but confused as im no sparky - but...if I buy a fitting that usually accepts GU10 bulbs and instead i place LED bulbs in there for a ice white look, do I need to fit a "transformer" in there too?

Sorry I am confused here now.

Keep_The_Change

Can anyone help with above question?

Rockingit

Keep_The_Change wrote: »

Been googling around abit but confused as im no sparky - but...if I buy a fitting that usually accepts GU10 bulbs and instead i place LED bulbs in there for a ice white look, do I need to fit a "transformer" in there too?

Sorry I am confused here now.

No, you don't. A GU10 LED lamp has all the electronics built in. "Ice" white is referred to as Daylight or Cool - yellow light as 'warm'. Some brands also give you a half-way called neutral.

Have a look at these: http://www.ledhut.co.uk/spot-lights/gu10-led-bulbs/gu10-led-smd-bulb-360-lumens-60-watt-equiv-24-x-5050-smd-chips.html