Warm or Cool LED lights in bathroom and kitchen what do you have in yours?

AdventureRocks

Looking at replacing all the halogen lights in kitchen and bathroom and can not decided whether to get warm or cool white LEDS?

What do you have in yours?

searchlight123

General rule of thumb is cool white for kitchens and bathrooms and warm white elsewhere.
It is of course down to personal preference but as a seller of these products that's the way they are mostly used. Stay away from natural or daylight ones. Far too blue for most domestic situations.

victor2

We have 11 cool white LED lights in our kitchen. It's great and at 4W each, it doesn't bother me if they're left on for long periods of time, which they are, as the kitchen has a very small amount of natural light coming in. It really does look like daylight with the lights on.
Other rooms have warm white - I have found that if buying multiple warm white bulbs, it;s better to get them all in one batch for one room. Just replacing one is likely to be a different colour temperature and look odd if in a light fitting with multiple bulbs.

Gloomendoom

We always go for warm. Cool white is too clinical for my taste.

Doozergirl

Warm, warm, warm, warm, warm! Spotlights are harsh enough without trying to make your house look like an operating theatre. Very clinical and not even that great in a kitchen.

My neighbours are doing a massive rebuild of their house and for some reason leave the lights on constantly. They've managed to mix it up. Most windows are shining blue, but inside one window looks nicer than all the rest as it's warm white.

thescouselander

Gloomendoom wrote: »

We always go for warm. Cool white is too clinical for my taste.

Agreed, same here.

glasgowdan

Cool white is weird. We've got cool ones in the recessed walls in the en suite, but also a main ceiling one in warm light and two switches so we can use either. Kitchen is warm white.

Ectophile

I'd stick with warm white for general illumination in any room. Cool white is possibly better for spot lighting for illuminating specific things, particularly shiny things.

missile

I prefer cool, but wife prefers warm.

If you cannot decide, get one of each as a trial then see which you prefer.

phil24_7

When I upgraded the kitchen lights I bought 1 at 3 different colour temps and tried them all. Didn't like the warm ones and was undecided about the other 2 colours. In the end I chose the ones that complemented the lights in the dining room as it is only separated by an arch. I think they were 4000K (cool white)

stator

In my kitchen I've been using 3000k. The funny thing is that it's described as warm white on some bulbs and cool white on others.
2700k is 'normal' orangey white. 3000k just makes the whites look whiter and nice and clean without making it all sterile like a hospital.