alt Hacker NewsEven if it's perfectly centered on a nice blackbody point, if the spectral distribution is spiky, it will still look bad in real-world usage
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nomel • yesterday at 9:45 PM
Not sure why this is downvoted. It's simple color theory, and the whole reason the CRI measure exists.
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Looking bad isn't necessarily a deal-breaker for many applications, not even for decorative ones. Just look at the piercing bluish white LED Christmas lights that many people have put up, rather than the somewhat more expensive "warm" colored ones.