Colour Rendering Index (CRI) The CRI tells you about the ‘quality‘ of light you‘re getting. It‘s a measurement of how well the light source will reproduce the true balanced colour range of the objects it illuminates.
So if you have a lovely brown leather chair or bright cushions and you want them to look their best, you need a high CRI score.
Traditional halogens and incandescent lamps have a CRI score of 99 out of 100, which means we are all used to an exceptional quality of light.
Most LED downlights have a Colour Rendering Index score of 80. That‘s fine for many uses in the home, but if you don’t want a 20% drop in light quality when you change over to LED, you need lamps with a CRI of at least 95.
In these images, high CRI lighting brings out the vibrant colours in the child’s play mat and the flooring. They both look just as good under the 99 CRI from the incandescent lamp (left) and the 97 CRI from our 11w LED Bulb (right). But the 80 CRI light makes everything look dull and flat.
Don’t Dull Your Life
See the colour difference in the two images below. The right image appears more vibrant and bright, it’s particularly obvious in the brown leather chair, the red throw and the wooden flooring. The High CRI Lighting in the image on the right is bringing out the true colours of the items whilst the low CRI LED’s are making everything duller and more sterile in the left image.
As impactful as it is using images like these, the effects of CRI are far more visual and obvious in person.
Do you want CRI 95+ LED downlight or slim panel light, pls contact us at land2@land-lighting.com or visit our alibaba website:http://landlighting.en.alibaba.com
