The Color Rendering Index (CRI) is a scale from 0 to 100 percent indicating how accurate a "given" light source is at rendering color when compared to a "reference" light source. The higher the CRI, the better the color rendering ability.
Somehow I think the bulbs in my car don't have a high CRI, and they're incandescent.
They're bound to be better than cheap cool white LED bulbs, which are perceived even worse by the human eye than by measurement devices due to the light being more glaring the further it shifts from red to blue.
The ironic part is a lot of people see that glare and declare them brighter, when the actual lumen value of most OEM incandescent bulbs is higher than these, except for a tiny one in a glovebox. This makes them poor for lighting but good for making a vehicle look more modern... if the subject viewing it, thinks a different hue of light is all it takes to create that perception.
Somehow I think the bulbs in my car don't have a high CRI, and they're incandescent.
They're bound to be better than cheap cool white LED bulbs, which are perceived even worse by the human eye than by measurement devices due to the light being more glaring the further it shifts from red to blue.
The ironic part is a lot of people see that glare and declare them brighter, when the actual lumen value of most OEM incandescent bulbs is higher than these, except for a tiny one in a glovebox. This makes them poor for lighting but good for making a vehicle look more modern... if the subject viewing it, thinks a different hue of light is all it takes to create that perception."/>
The difference is the form factor. Incan bulbs can run hotter than LED which are limited by the available space to heatsink and in this case, only a little copper on a little PCB. Factory LED lights (housing/assemblies) are usually purpose designed so they don't have this limitation. You could DIY fab custom housings for mPCB mounted discrete LEDs but that's a LOT of work.
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They're bound to be better than cheap cool white LED bulbs, which are perceived even worse by the human eye than by measurement devices due to the light being more glaring the further it shifts from red to blue.
The ironic part is a lot of people see that glare and declare them brighter, when the actual lumen value of most OEM incandescent bulbs is higher than these, except for a tiny one in a glovebox. This makes them poor for lighting but good for making a vehicle look more modern... if the subject viewing it, thinks a different hue of light is all it takes to create that perception.
They're bound to be better than cheap cool white LED bulbs, which are perceived even worse by the human eye than by measurement devices due to the light being more glaring the further it shifts from red to blue.
The ironic part is a lot of people see that glare and declare them brighter, when the actual lumen value of most OEM incandescent bulbs is higher than these, except for a tiny one in a glovebox. This makes them poor for lighting but good for making a vehicle look more modern... if the subject viewing it, thinks a different hue of light is all it takes to create that perception."/>
Thank you!