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Quote: Originally Posted by phaedrus

Remember that higher colour temperature is not directly related with the intensity -- in fact, the relation is somewhat inverse.

The color temperature of a light source refers to the the color of the light output. It is a reference purely for color (measured in K or Kelvin) and not the intensity of the light itself (which is measured in Lumens). For example, the colour temperature of sunny daylight around noon is approximately 5500K, while the colour temperature of OEM xenon lamps is usually between 4500 and 5000K.

In reality, the higher the colour temperature, the lesser the brightness. For example, 5200K lamps are approx 10% brighter (measured in Lumens, not K) than 7000K. However, even a 9000K kit, which is another 10% dimmer, already emits a ridiculous amount of light so to you'd be hard pressed to notice a difference.

But those 6000K bulbs certainly do look the business!

Correct!
8000k would of been too blue and impair light Quality. These are just right
Here is a Diagram to show the colours