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.