If you have been a customer of ours for a while you may notice some seemingly weird changes in our product titles and descriptions with regard to how they relate to our SKU numbers. In a nutshell, we have changed the terminology that we are using to describe our 6000 kelvin white bulbs. We used to call them "pure white", but we are now calling them "cool white" in order to better align ourselves with industry standards.
This can be a confusing topic! The industry has changed the definition of what is considered a cool white vs a pure white. Almost all suppliers are now calling anything that is 'white white' = "cool white" and reserving the term "pure white" to define an LED color in the range of 4600 kelvin - which is a weird very cool 'warm' white (has a bit of yellow in it).
What gets confusing is that there are still some suppliers selling the old 'cool white' that has a major blue tint to it even though the modern definition of cool white basically no blue in it at all.
We now include the specific color temperatures for the various whites within each product description. Knowing your required color temperature is the only way to accurately gauge how we are defining any given color of white. Here is the run down of what our color temperatures look like:
Our color temperatures for warm and cool bulbs and strings:
- Warm White: 2800 kelvin
- Pure White: 4600 kelvin (we don't generally carry pure white, although it is included in some varieties of our ColorSplash line)
- Cool White: 6000 kelvin
