To understand the difference between daylight and soft white bulbs, I first needed to learn a little bit about color temperature, or the appearance of the light produced by a bulb.According to ...

Bedrooms & Living Rooms (soft white): 1,000–3,000 lumens Hallway (warm to soft light): 500–1,000 lumens Related: 12 Best Lighting Trends of 2023, According to Designers ...

As for soft white, that “goes back to the incandescent era, where the light emitted from your standard household [bulb] was marketed as ‘soft white light,’” Tasha Campbell, a senior ...