Here's 2 tables which list the rough colour temperatures of various light sources.
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The following tables show rough colour temperatures of several lighting sources. The higher the figure the bluer the light is.
Colour Temperature (Sunlight) Colour Temperature (Artificial Light)
| Clear sky | 12000K | Fluorescent light: daylight | 6500K | |
| Shade on a clear day | 8000K | Fluorescent light: day white | 5000k | |
| Cloudy sky | 6500K | Fluorescent light: white | 4200K | |
| Average noon sunlight | 5300K | Fluorescent light: warm white | 3500K | |
| Two hours after sunrise | 4500K | Fluorescent light: soft white | 3000K | |
| One hour after sunrise | 3500K | Incandescent light | 3000K | |
| Sunrise & sunset | 2000K | Candlelight | 2000K |
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