Best light Color temperature For Reading At Night

  With one bad night’s sleep, we have no enough positive energy, and we find it difficult to concentrate the next day.

Study shows that bedtime reading works best in reducing stress levels. In fact, it is found that it works better than listening to music, drinking tea or coffee or taking a walk.

It may be a question in mind, which is the best light color temperature for reading at night?

You can pick out yellowish-white light below 3,500 K. Modern LEDs come with adjustable CCT. The warm light of 2,500 to 3,000 K will help you relax while reading and rest better during sleep.

Bedtime reading also boosts brain power, improves creativity, concentration and empathy. You will experience peace and serenity with relaxing sleep after night reading.

For comfortable working, the natural light of 4,900 to 6,500 K is the best solution for eyes. The cold light of 6,500 K offers an excellent level of brightness and improves overall attention. However, they are not the best for night reading.

This warm light is more relaxing for your eyes and offers a pleasant feeling of being in a cozy, friendly place. Therefore, it is an excellent option for reading and finishing tasks that require mental stability.

Since the kitchen, bathroom, office room, commercial areas and workplaces are not spaces for relaxing, cold light keeps you focused and well-concentrated during the day. It will help you improve your learning performances as well.

Best color light for reading at night is a warm tone or yellow color light. It should be below 3000K on the color temperature scale. Such light will not disturb your sleep. Warm color light does not harm melatonin production, a hormone which is responsible for sleep.. That is why, with warm light exposure, you feel sleepy just as normal without problem. You will feel sleepy when there is more melatonin production.

White light or cool light harm melatonin production. If we expose our eyes to blue color even at night through 6500K light in the room or TV screen or cell phone, blue light emitted from these devices sends a signal to the brain and it restricts melatonin production. Blue color also harms eyes.

Other parameters, those are important for selection

1.  Portable, Light weight, Compact in size. This gives flexibility to take it to any place where we wish to read. Most people prefer to read in the bedroom, either in bed, in a comfortable chair when you like to spend a little more time reading a book, adjust-a-bed or just with many pillows around.

2.  Adjustable – 360o head rotation, flexible neck

3.  Clip-on mounting – surfaces like computer table, headboard

4.  Brightness adjustment– Dimming feature allows adjustment in comfortable brightness as per our mood.

5.  Even illumination – eliminates dark spots or pools of light that distract eyes.

6.  Anti-glare, flicker-free for vision care

7.  Battery operated – allows its use at any place away from electrical fixtures, no need to connect it to power supply every time you feel like reading. Hence, it is hassle free and also saves money as charging is possible using a USB port. Of course, you have to remember it’s charging ready to use at any time.

8.  Life of battery between charging and  Life of light

9.  Decorative look of the lamp

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