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Crafting - what light to show colours properly?

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EverySporkIsSacred · 04/10/2023 19:07

Anybody do papercrafts (or anything else where you need to see colours accurately)?
With the darker evenings I can't see the colours properly to match and coordinate for doing scrapbooking - what light do you use when natural daylight is in short supply?
My usual household lightbulbs seem to make everything off-colour so when I see the colours I've picked in natural light they don't go together as well.

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PaleBlueMoonlight · 04/10/2023 19:11

I would be interested in recommendations too.

pinkyredrose · 04/10/2023 19:12

You can get 'daylight bulbs', art shops sell them, you can probably get them on amazon too. For close up crafting it's best to get an angle poise lamp and use the daylight bulb with it.

TherebytheGraceofGodgoI · 04/10/2023 19:12

I used to use a daylight bulb. Colours showed up true. It was many years ago so I don’t know if they are still about but craft shops sold them for this very purpose

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Shadyboots23 · 04/10/2023 19:16

I have a lamp like this on my work desk at home, not for crafting but it's really good
You can alter the light colour from warm to daylight etc and the brightness

Desk Lamp, Eye Caring LED Desk Lamp, 9W 655lm, Dimmable Table Lamp, 5 Brightness Levels x 3 Colour Modes, Touch Control Daylight Lamp for Back to School, Office, Reading, Bedside, Nails and More amzn.eu/d/0JBLTgF

porridgecake · 04/10/2023 19:27

I used to use daylight bulbs. I can't remember where I got them but they were very good.

EverySporkIsSacred · 04/10/2023 19:44

Thank you all, seems like a daylight lamp will be the way to go.

@Shadyboots23 thanks for the recommendation. A folding lamp would be a good for my purposes as I (sadly) don't have a dedicated craft room and will have to keep putting everything away after a few days!

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