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This standard was adopted by [[Cree]] ( | This standard was adopted by [[Cree]] (as well as most others, to some degree) to describe the tint of their LED products. Cree numbered the quadrangles 1 through 8 starting with 6500K. They developed the concept further by dividing each ANSI quadrangle into four quadrants to get bins like 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D being divisions of quadrangle 1 (6500K). Towards the cold end of the spectrum a non-ANSI quadrangle, quadrangle 0, was added. Tints lying outside of the ANSI standard, above and below quadrangles 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and part of 5, are given names like 1R, 1S, 1T, and 1U. Cree subdivides regions 5, 6, 7, and 8 into even smaller subdivisions to get bins like 5A1, 5A2, 5A3, and 5A4. This gives a total of 16 different bins in one ANSI quadrangle. In the graphic below, the ANSI quadrangles are in red with the Cree bins overlaid on them (click for a larger version). | ||
[[Luminus]] does something similar by subdividing the standard ANSI quadrangles and adding their own outside of those limits. | [[Luminus]] does something similar by subdividing the standard ANSI quadrangles and adding their own outside of those limits. [[Nichia]], [[Samsung]], and [[Osram]] also use ANSI's scheme for at least some of their LED's. | ||
[[File:Ansiwhite.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Chromaticity chart with ANSI quadrangles by CCT and Cree divisions and subdivisions]] [[File:Ledtints.jpg|thumb|300px|Side-by-side comparison of a number of flashlights and tints. Click for full caption.]] <BR CLEAR="ALL"> | [[File:Ansiwhite.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Chromaticity chart with ANSI quadrangles by CCT and Cree divisions and subdivisions]] [[File:Ledtints.jpg|thumb|300px|Side-by-side comparison of a number of flashlights and tints. Click for full caption.]] <BR CLEAR="ALL"> | ||
Revision as of 21:41, 11 May 2013
ANSI C78.377-2008 is a standard developed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the American National Standard Lighting Group (ANSLG), and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) in 2008 to standardize the description of tints in LED's and Solid State Lighting. It is based on a similar standard developed for fluorescent lighting. It sets up 8 points with coordinates based on correlated color temperature (CCT), and offsets from each coordinate that describe quadrangles on the chromaticity chart as shown in the graphic to the right.
- 6500K
- 5700K (cool white)
- 5000K
- 4500K
- 4000K (neutral white)
- 3500K
- 3000K (warm white)
- 2700K
This standard was adopted by Cree (as well as most others, to some degree) to describe the tint of their LED products. Cree numbered the quadrangles 1 through 8 starting with 6500K. They developed the concept further by dividing each ANSI quadrangle into four quadrants to get bins like 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D being divisions of quadrangle 1 (6500K). Towards the cold end of the spectrum a non-ANSI quadrangle, quadrangle 0, was added. Tints lying outside of the ANSI standard, above and below quadrangles 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and part of 5, are given names like 1R, 1S, 1T, and 1U. Cree subdivides regions 5, 6, 7, and 8 into even smaller subdivisions to get bins like 5A1, 5A2, 5A3, and 5A4. This gives a total of 16 different bins in one ANSI quadrangle. In the graphic below, the ANSI quadrangles are in red with the Cree bins overlaid on them (click for a larger version).
Luminus does something similar by subdividing the standard ANSI quadrangles and adding their own outside of those limits. Nichia, Samsung, and Osram also use ANSI's scheme for at least some of their LED's.
Further reading
- NEMA website ANSI standard can be downloaded after registering for free.
- Wikipedia: Chromaticity
- Wikipedia: Color temperature