

| Subject: | Re: Headlight upgrades |
| From: | Larry Alofs |
| Date: | Tue, 19 Jan 2016 15:57:42 -0500 |
dinosaur thoughts on that topic: http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2859 On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 1:41 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote: > On 15 Jan , 2016, at 8:59 PM, John Rodgers wrote: > > > The human eye is not designed to deal with that > > bluewhite light, wut with a yellow light, as in sunlight. Thousands of > > years of evolution at work. > > This is actually Quite Incorrect ~ The "Normal" ColorTemp' of > SunLight @ Earth SeaLevel > > Is considered to be 5780ºK ~ All WhiteLight between about 4400K & 12000K > is referred to as > > "Bluish White" ~ > > Atmospheric Conditions & Time of Day or Night or Whatever > LightingConditions You Happen to > > be Viewing Your Surroundings under have a Huge influence on what Your Eyes > are Accustomed > > to Seeing as Our Eyes & Brains, in Concert, are Constantly Adjusting to > make the Ambient Light > > that We are Immersed in, @ any given time, Seem Normal ~ If You are > Driving on a road that is > > Illuminated solely by Your HeadLights then it is Your Headlights > ColorTemp' that Your Eyes&Brain > > Adjust to ~ So if Your HeadLights are OldYellers, down around 2K, & You > happen upon a vehicle > > that has Sylvania SilverStarUltras (ie Me) which sport a Temp' of 4100ºK, > Your Eye/BrainCombo > > will VeryLikely See My Lights as Being Extremely BlueWhite while If I am > riding behind My SSSUs > > & encounter an oncoming set of SSSUs I will Perceive Them to be a Fairly > Normal White ~ > > ORR ~ DeanB >
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