Higher colour temperatures are also generally perceived as brighter.
Colour temperature of daylight. This is regarded as the default daylight color temperature of a high midday sun with no cloud cover. Somewhere in between lies daylight white which is pretty much the whitest kind of white. You will notice that the colour next to the Average noon daylight 5500K is white.
This is the colour temperature of traditional incandescent light bulbs and one of the most common colours used today. Color temperatures higher than 3500K are typically used for commercial and hospital applications as the light is bright and has a bluish daylight cast that can be harsh for home interiors. These colours are Very Warm White Warm White White Cool White and Daylight.
This is a nice yellow glow well suited to rooms meant for relaxing such as living rooms. Presently the lighting industry formally refers to warm-white 3000 K white 3500 K cool-white 40004500 K and daylight 6500 K based on the ANSI standard ANSI 2001. Generally your cameras colour meter will be able to deal with this but where it has problems.
But task lighting may be useful at 4000K and above. The lower the brightness becomes the warmer they become until they reach a colour temperature of 1800K to 2200K which is. Light sources that appear warmer and yellowish have a low colour temperature 2000K-3500K while light sources that appear colder and more bluish have a high colour temperature 5000K-6500K.
Candles being around 2000 degrees Kelvin k while daylight typically 5500 6500k. Higher colour temperatures tend towards blue and are considered cool. Above 4500K brings us into the daylight color temperature of light.
Colour temperature generally ranges from 2700-3300K warm to 3300-5300 cool and 6500K is daylight. Well colour temperature has to do with the colour appearance of a white light source. Often when we think about specific color temperature the color we see is that of how we perceive that color under daylight.

