Fluorescent lighting is hard on the human eyes, I use LED's myself, and will be doing wall lamps for indirect lighting. Glare is evil.....Most dont even think about lighting placement, its just not the type of light or color temperature....

I use a mix of 3K warm and 5K daylight temps.

Wish would would get a Daylight temp of Amber color, say 5K in a A19!

knightsilver
Wish would would get a Daylight temp of Amber color, say 5K in a A19!

I don't quite understand?  Do you want the amber / actually not really amber, it's a warm white, and it's white once your eyes adjust, you can EASILY get in a19 -- if you mean like an amber / orange color, I don't know if those are made, are you thinking of a really really dim Incandescent orange color?  Another thought, are you thinking or aware of Philips 'Dimtone' bulb that get's even warmer when it dims?
 
I would really like to help you choose the bulbs that would suit you best!

This might be why I feel like crap at work - I'm fully lit by fluorescents - natural light access is past a wall for me.
Note to self - get more sunlight...
 
~Fus

Our company just dropped $60k on a "smart" fluorescent system.
I like the crisp brightness and reduction in shadows compared to Metal halides we used to have, plus the lights individually turn off when you leave an area.
I work under the lights 10+hrs a day, and haven't noticed any alertness issues, (although,  I do work a hairsbreadth away from painful mutilation if I screw up, so I'm constantly hyper alert by habit.)
Without knowing the actual k-value id estimate them to be around 3500 - 4000k
 
The only major downside is now we've lost a few of the weaker Fm radio stations...
 
The LED systems Ive been under all seem way to harsh, and do cast a wicked shadow lines.
But for the energy savings alone I would have gone LED if it was my choice.

BioHazardSperm
fluorescent bulbs help trigger my migraines if other conditions are already started physically.Ive tried to limit my interactions now for over 2 decades .But i still need a real reason to use as to why im crazy :) This doesn't surprise me at all .I switched bulbs types back in early 2001 when the prices were insane .I have one 15w single 18 inch over my sink (compromise with wife for cleaning dishes )

Yikes! Just PLEASE go LED and that way no mercury on all your dishes if it breaks, Philips makes a great LED bulb, Cree is 2nd (for not having a very diffused light and you can EASILY see the individual LEDs even in a lamp shade.

clo007,
Did you guys seriously not know this? BTW, you do realize the colors on walls and surrounding areas have just as much impact as the light source.
And Timpster, do you work for Philips or something?

 
Yep. Billy the kids was asking about black or dark dark wall colors. Been trying to educate family and friends about, color tones in the home, I like earth tones myself, color and proper temps of you choice lighting and indirect lighting with proper placement.
 
Same thing with proper ergonomics, lighting in the home, kitchen, just not the desk or office. Just seems like very few care, till its too late.
 
Edit: Dont forget about aesthetics, to help set what ever moods your looking for. You dont need alot a crap/clutter, or alot od crap that needs cleaning. A few pics/art on the wall, doesnt mean its goes in a frame. A small fish tank even, or adding woodwork to replace that modern crap. 

Here, I'll see if I can spike some discussion about natural light.
 
If you had YOUR choice for where you work / learn, and are currently lit by fluorescent lights, would you choose to keep the fluorescent bulbs, or have sky lights?
 
Why (as if it's not already obvious)?

someone flame the op for using blocked words in first post....

Timpster-GPU_Nvidia_660Ti

serrasalmuss
someone flame the op for using blocked words in first post....

Someone get outside more and look at the bigger picture...
 
My point is, we all don't get nearly enough sunlight -- we're bathed in the terrible glow of fluorescent bulbs and until LED bulbs can provide the *FULL* spectrum of light, like sunlight can, it's just not going to be the same, so why the hell don't we just all let in natural light into our buildings???  I don't understand why that's so hard to do!

It's exactly like light pollution - if the fluorescent lights hurt performance of workers and students - why not just use what's best and everything is better?

I work in a building with no windows and yes the fluorescent lighting really hurts my eyes after a while. My guess is that no windows makes for a secure building.

get outside.....well lets see i run a farm so im outside more then most of the people on this forum put together so get a clue...and i do agree about the bulbs...im a reptile keeper and i know the spectrum's very well