Re:Change your color temperature to fix your sleep patterns
by kadavy on Monday October 25, 2010 @11:56PM
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Very cool - giving it a try. I just wish it worked on the street lamp outside my window.
From what I understand, color temperature can have a huge effect on your health. When I worked at an architecture firm, I attended several lectures by our lighting designer, who explained that some studies linked being exposed to the wrong color temperatures at the wrong times (like if your city's street lamps are daylight) to a variety of health problems, including cancer. Sorry, couldn't find a reference for this; but here is a study related to color temperature's effects on the circadian system: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779263/
From what I understand, color temperature can have a huge effect on your health. When I worked at an architecture firm, I attended several lectures by our lighting designer, who explained that some studies linked being exposed to the wrong color temperatures at the wrong times (like if your city's street lamps are daylight) to a variety of health problems, including cancer. Sorry, couldn't find a reference for this; but here is a study related to color temperature's effects on the circadian system: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1779263/