2007-01-30 16:09:37 · 8 answers · asked by chijliak 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
A chemical or physical explaination would be nice.
2007-01-30 16:14:16 · update #1
Natural day light has the color temperature of roughly 5500K which is more of a pure white. On the other hand since fluorescent lights are slightly bluer in color and a higher color temperature because of the nature of the gases used in the tube. Thats why most non-color corrected fluorescent lamps look unnatural and can actually affect you psychologically if you work in a office type environment.
2007-01-30 19:44:40 · answer #1 · answered by pezeveng3319 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun has a surface temperature of around 5700 degrees Centigrade, producing yellow/white light, which we have evolved to be capable of using, over hundreds of millions of years, so to us it looks normal and natural. There are many colours of fluorescents, the "cool white" appears unnatural, but the added yellow in "natural white", produced more expensively by some companies, suits us better, but most places go for the cheaper variety.
2007-01-30 16:32:22 · answer #2 · answered by CLICKHEREx 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Light from the sun (natural light) contains a wide spectrum of frequencies of visible light, the most prominent of course being yellow. Flouresent lighting, on the other hand, only contains a small number of wavelengths of light, depending on the allowed energy transistions for the electrons of the gas inside the tube. With flouresent lighting you do not see this wide spectrum of frequencies and thus it appears unnatural to you.
2007-01-30 16:15:55 · answer #3 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, natural light does exist not coming from the sun. The colors you see are actually light being bounced back at a certain wavelength.
As to the lights, they do not produce the same spectrum of light (as in ultraviolet, infrared etc). Simply put, it's "white" light, not the sort you get normally mixed with lots of green, yellow, and blue.
2007-01-30 16:15:24 · answer #4 · answered by Fluffy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Natural light (sunlight) is a mixture of all visible frequencies, as is incandescent light. Fluorescent lamps emit light from phosphors, which do not have a uniform spectrum of frequencies.
2007-01-30 16:14:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ummm.. Because it is. Any light that doesnt come from the sun IS UNnatural!!
2007-01-30 16:12:27 · answer #6 · answered by Paul 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
IVE no idea
it should look natural
seeing as it grows
naturally in a jap
factory in japland
2007-01-30 16:14:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Hmmm...probably because it's....unnatural?
2007-01-30 16:12:17 · answer #8 · answered by Toolooroo 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋