Color Temperature - Correlated Color Temperature

The correlated color temperature (Tcp) is the temperature of the Planckian radiator whose perceived color most closely resembles that of a given stimulus at the same brightness and under specified viewing conditions — CIE/IEC 17.4:1987, International Lighting Vocabulary (ISBN 3900734070)

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