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Correlated Color Temperature CCT is a measure of how warm or cool a light source appears to the human eye. It is measured in degrees Kelvin. According to Wikipedia correlated color temperature of specific light source is the temperature of an ideal black body radiator, which radiates light of comparable hue to that of light source.
CCT values are needed for selection of luminaries for lighting design of spaces.
Especially it is a prime tool for creating themes and atmosphere for a space
In practice, CCT rating should be limited to white light source (not sodium sources for example) (ASSIST, 2010). Color temperature is only meaningful for light sources that do in fact correspond somewhat closely to the radiation of some black body, i.e. it does not make sense to speak of the color temperature of e.g. a green or a purple light (Wikipedia.com).
One of the potential problems of CCT is higher color temperature yield cooler
CRI values range from zero to 100. In actual rating above 80 of a light source
Poor CRI
Good CRI