Colour temperature of LED options

**thenikjones** · 03-15-2019, 02:40 PM

Re-reading old threads (the XP-G2 one to be precise) and saw the following CCT values:

XM-L. 6300K
XP-G2. 4500K
119. 4500K

Are these still the case? What is the CCT of the new XP-L (Hi) LED?

I always liked the colour of my XP-G2 before I blew it... I like the 119v I have and the XP-L I still have. I am looking at getting a new torch and have a choice between 4000K and 5000K, wondering if the 5000K will be noticeably bluer than the McGizmos I have.

Grateful for any info you can provide.

**xdayv** · 03-15-2019, 07:32 PM

i believe the XPL-Hi is 4000k.

**McGizmo** · 03-17-2019, 05:53 PM

If the LED is close to the planckian curve it will be "white" at 5000k. You would need to go higher to get blue I believe.

**StarHalo** · 03-17-2019, 06:42 PM

The XM-L is probably 6300K at some point in the beam profile, but certainly not the whole thing..

There is no true white, so 5000K might look just a touch blue only if you're directly comparing it to a 4000K source, or viewing it in a warmly-lit room.