LED & Lighting Glossary

Our Experts in lighting created a simple and easy to understand glossary for LED Lights. In just a few sentences we help the users of modern lighting to explore the real meaning of important terminology.
Colour Rendition. How the light looks Vs how objects look
A colour rendering index (CRI) is a measure with scale from 0 to 100 that of the capacity of a light source to represent the colours of objects accurately.

LED

A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor light source that emits light when current flows through it.

Color temperature

The color temperature of a light source is the temperature of an ideal black-body radiator that radiates light of a color comparable to that of the light source.

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 an ideal or natural light source.

Stip light

Your own lighting system is now possible with Ledison strip lights. We separate for easier navigation three categories: All types of LED strips, power supplies and LED accessories.