What is a daylight lamp?

What is a daylight lamp and what is the difference with regular lighting? To answer this, a little physics is involved – but don’t worry, we’ll keep it simple and practical.

White light contains all colors

Imagine you are in your garden. It’s noon, on an overcast day. The light that illumates the world around you is white. Not yellow-ish, like sunlight, but neutral, white. This white light actually contains a color spectrum that runs from violet to red and every color imaginable, in between.

Now imagine you look at a red flower. You see it as red because of all colors that are present in the white light, only the red part (or ‘red wavelength’) is reflected. Everything else is absorbed by the flower. Same principle for a green leaf: the green portion of the light is reflected, everything else is absorbed.

Now if you look at the same apple and the same banana with regular artificial lighting, they look different than they do outside. Because unlike real daylight, ordinary household lights do not contain the full spectrum, only a portion of it and some parts even have severe spikes, so the distribution is very uneven.

Regular light vs. daylight bulbs

That’s where our daylight lamps come in. They emit a neutral, white light that can be compared to daylight on a cloudy day at noon. Using these lights you always have the same lighting condition for your hobby or your profession – day and night, summer and winter. Always the same, perfect colour rendering.

These lights are very easy and comfortable to work with. You can choose a light with a stand or the version with a flexible arm which you can clamp onto pretty much anything, like your easel for instance. You can point the light exactly where you need it. It has a great spread so whether you’re working on a small area or a huge painting, it’ll work for you. These lights will also reduce strain on your eyes so you can continue working and not get tired as quickly as you would with regular artificial lighting.