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► #16 What is "Flicker" and why is a problem with SSL? ► #15 Measuring colour uniformity of LED arrays ► #14 LED colour zoning ► #13 Colour difference metrics ► #12 Photobiological safety - don't get burnt ► #11 Are halogens history? ► #10 Understanding photometric data files ► #9 Origins of the metric system ► #8 Scotopic photometry ► #7 The torch with the power of a million candles ► #6 Claimed vs. actual CCT ► #5 Useful lumens and Energy Efficiency Index (EEI) ► #4 LED specifications - fact or fiction? ► #3 Is the perfect integrating sphere perfectly impossible? ► #2 Guide to colour rendering ► #1 Guide to CCT	The picture above illustrates the problem of colour zoning from LED spotlights. This is a true colour image (no Photoshop shenanigans!) in which there is a high colour temperature (blue white) central zone surrounded by an area of low colour temperature (yellow white). The problem occurs when the blue light from the LED passes through the phosphor coating. In the forwards direction, a minimum of blue light is converted to longer wavelength light by the phosphor, hence the light in that direction appears more blue (high CCT). However, blue light passing though the phosphor at higher angles is more absorbed due to the longer optical path length and hence more blue light is converted to longer wavelengths. Consequently, light at higher angles appears more yellow (low CCT). » More	Talking Photometry is published as a quarterly email newsletter to registered contacts of Photometric Testing. To receive our email bulletin direct to your in-box, click here to register.