Template:Color temperature scale

Color temperatures and example sources

Temperature	Source
1,000 K	Most commercial electric heating elements
1,700 K	Match flame, low-pressure sodium lamps (LPS/SOX)
1,850 K	Candle flame, sunset/sunrise
2,400 K	Standard incandescent lamps
2,550 K	Soft white incandescent lamps
2,700 K	"Soft white" compact fluorescent and LED lamps
3,000 K	Warm white compact fluorescent and LED lamps
3,200 K	Studio lamps, photofloods, etc.
3,350 K	Studio "CP" light
5,000 K	Horizon daylight, tubular fluorescent lamps or cool white/daylight compact fluorescent and LED lamps
5,500–6,000 K	Vertical daylight, electronic flash
6,200 K	Xenon short-arc lamp
6,500 K	Daylight, overcast, daylight LED lamps
6,500–9,500 K	LCD or CRT screens
15,000–27,000 K	Clear blue poleward sky
∞ K	Theoretical upper limit based on black-body radiation calculations
Wien ∞ K	Theoretical upper limit based on Wien's approximation law