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color temperature

noun

color temperature

noun
1

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics A property of a light source: the temperature of an ideal black body radiator that radiates light of a color comparable to that of the light source.

  • The typical color temperature of a standard incandescent lamp is about 2400 K.
Derived terms
correlated color temperature, correlated colour temperature

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