{"id":497,"date":"2013-09-10T08:42:06","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T14:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/night-scenes.com\/?p=497"},"modified":"2013-09-10T08:42:06","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T14:42:06","slug":"led-lighting-is-so-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/night-scenes.com\/2013\/09\/10\/led-lighting-is-so-ugly\/","title":{"rendered":"LED Lighting is so UGLY?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cI hate that cold, ugly blue looking LED lighting!\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n I hear that pretty often, and can\u2019t agree more. Most people still think of LED lighting as that cheap Christmasy looking light: blue-ish and without warmth no matter what the application, and that was very much the truth in the not-so-distant past. But LED lighting has come a long way recently, and there are many more options available that can quickly dispel that ugly notion. Still, cut-rate LED lighting is indeed almost always UGLY.<\/p>\n We actually conducted a test for one skeptical client. We placed two LED products in their landscape along with their other halogen lighting and did not tell them where we put them. We left them there for three whole months, and they could not tell where these lights were! They were quite surprised when we informed them that one of the lights was illuminating their front door entry, and the other was shining on their white garage wall, right next to a halogen fixture. Needless to say, we ended up converting their whole system to LED.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n There is no doubt that light color has a significant effect on mood and ambience, and many articles have been written and studies performed linking color with emotion. In the outdoor setting, typically, the preference always leans toward the positive effects of warmer, more amber toned illumination over the cooler blue-green hues than cast an unfriendly appearance primarily on skin tone. To site a couple of these articles:http:\/\/www.randallwhitehead.com\/news\/emotion_light.php<\/a><\/p>\n or<\/p>\n