Colour Temperature Selector
Warm white or cool white? Pick a room and get the recommended colour temperature in Kelvin — the quiet decision that makes a home feel cosy or clinical.
Warm and relaxing for evenings and guests; dim it down at night.
Two rules that fix most homes: keep one visible space to a single colour temperature (don't mix warm and cool bulbs), and buy CRI 80+ (90+ in the kitchen, bathroom and wherever colour matters) so food, skin and fabrics look true.
A guide, not a rule. Colour temperature is personal and interacts with your wall colours and daylight — these are the safe, flattering defaults for Indian homes. Tunable and smart bulbs let one fixture shift warm-to-cool through the day. Read the full colour temperature & CRI guide.
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