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Color rendering index

A color rendering index (CRI) is a quantitative measure of the ability of a light source to reveal the colors of various objects faithfully in comparison with a natural or standard light source.

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Test method

R96a method

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Typical values

Special value: R9

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Film and video high-CRI LED lighting

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Color rendering index

Nodes86
Edges85
Triples51
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.023256
Components1

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Color rendering index

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related to External links · 17
Color rendering index → CQS, CRI, Edaphic Scientific Knowledge BaseUnderstanding, EERE, Energy, Energy Efficiency, LED, LEDs, Lumens, MATLAB, MetrologiaColor Rendering Index, Office, Renewable Energy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Uncertainty, United States Department, What
related to Special value: R9 · 14
Color rendering index → And, CRI, However, It, Many, R1, R13, R15, R8, R9, Ra, Ri, So, TCS
related to Alternatives · 9
Color rendering index → Chaired, CIE, CIE TC, Davis, For, Guo, Houser, LED, March
related to Test color samples · 8
Color rendering index → As, CIE, Munsell, Munsell Atlas, Nickerson, TCS, The, These
is a · 1
Color rendering index → mean of the special CRIs

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color cri cie light rendering lighting samples sources source index reference test 10 use led displaystyle doi standard 100 colors

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Color rendering indexis amean of the special CRIs0.90text
fluorescent lamps or white LEDsinstance ofparticularly for light sources with spiky emission spectra0.80text
the TLCIinstance ofvarious other metrics0.80text
Color rendering indexrelated to AlternativesCIE0.60section
Color rendering indexrelated to AlternativesLED0.60section
Color rendering indexrelated to AlternativesChaired0.60section
Color rendering indexrelated to AlternativesDavis0.60section
Color rendering indexrelated to AlternativesCIE TC0.60section
Color rendering indexrelated to AlternativesMarch0.60section
Color rendering indexrelated to AlternativesFor0.60section
Color rendering indexrelated to AlternativesGuo0.60section
Color rendering indexrelated to AlternativesHouser0.60section

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