Meanings
nouncolor temperature (countable and uncountable, plural color temperatures)
plural color temperatures · alternative colour temperature
- countableuncountablenatural sciencesA property of a light source: the temperature of an ideal black body radiator that radiates light of a color comparable to that of the light source.
The typical color temperature of a standard incandescent lamp is about 2400 K.
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 色溫 /色温
- 色溫 /色温 (sik¹ wan¹)in physics
Chinese Mandarin 色溫 /色温
- 色溫 /色温 (sèwēn)in physics
Finnish värilämpötila
- värilämpötilain physics
Hungarian színhőmérséklet
- színhőmérsékletin physics
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color temperature. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/color%20temperature
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“color temperature.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/color%20temperature. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “color temperature,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/color%20temperature.
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