

| Subject: | Re: Headlight upgrades |
| From: | BenT |
| Date: | Tue, 19 Jan 2016 15:46:56 -0600 |
Getting waaaaay off-topic, gentlemen. BenT Mod > On Jan 19, 2016, at 2:57 PM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > 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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