Noun
color temperature (countable and uncountable, plural color temperatures)
(physics) A property of a light source: the temperature of an ideal black body radiator that radiates light of a color comparable to that of the light source.
The typical color temperature of a standard incandescent lamp is about 2400 K.
color-temperature
Although the spectra of such lights are not accurately described by the black body radiation curve, a color temperature is quoted for which black body radiation would most closely match the subjective color of that source. Source: Internet
By analogy, nearly Planckian light sources such as certain fluorescent or high-intensity discharge lamps can be judged by their correlated color temperature (CCT); the color temperature of the Planckian radiator that best approximates them. Source: Internet
A nice touch is that when you tap on each of these options, you have a toggle to control whether whites look colder or warmer (a color temperature slider, in other words). Source: Internet
Instead, the bulb's light bounces around inside, which lets our spectrometer take reliable, calibrated measurements for things like brightness and color temperature. Source: Internet
Color matching software, such as Apple's ColorSync for Mac OS, will measure a monitor's color temperature and then adjust its settings accordingly. Source: Internet
Computer display systems use a technique called chromatic adaptation transforms citation to emulate the correlated color temperature of illumination sources, and cannot perfectly reproduce the intricate spectral combinations originally seen. Source: Internet