Full-Spectrum Bulbs

Full-Spectrum Light Bulbs

Established 1989

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The Sunshine Light Bulb Source

The holidays are over and depression has arrived. You feel like hibernating like a bear. A trip to anyplace where the sun shines would be nice if you could stay for the winter. But no, you have to stay and work in gray and rainy Portland, suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).


There is help. All you have to do is trick your body into feeling that the sun is shining. Some people use light boxes, tanning booths, or travel. We offer full-spectrum lighting to create sunshine in your home and office.


When you change your lighting environment to a more natural light using high-CRI Lamps, you can mimic sunlight, using your fixtures. Colors appear different under different lights, full-spectrum lights show true colors better.


Sunlan Lighting Inc carries a full line of full-spectrum light bulbs and fluorescent tubes to help with SAD. These show good color and are great for reading. If you need more light, we have the LED Light Therapy Lamp, a small portable LED unit that provides sunshine in a book-size unit.

OttLite Light Therapy Lamp

ClearSun® LED Light Therapy Lamp will reduce the symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) or the Winter Blues.

What Is Quartz Halogen?

Note: Most Quartz Halogen lights are no longer manufactured or sold. LED lights with a 3000 Kelvin are replacement lights.

The yellow/white color of quartz halogen closely mimics the light quality of a spring morning, making these bulbs desirable for creating full-spectrum light and mood-improving light environments. With Kelvin ranges of 2600K to 3600K and CRI ratings of 98-100, the lamps can create warm, inviting rooms. The high-color rendering properties of these bulbs make them particularly desirable in kitchens, bathrooms, offices, art galleries, and lizard and snake habitats. For some people, the bright yellow/white light of quartz halogen makes it hard to sleep.

 

These dimmable incandescent bulbs are available in a wide range of shapes and applications including

Bi-Pin lamps, standard bulb shapes, BR and PAR flood lamps, and special application shapes.

Quartz Halogen bulbs

Most Quartz Halogen bulbs have an LED replacement.

Krypton and Xenon Bulbs

For information on the krypton and xenon bulbs, visit our Ancient History page.

Decorative Krypton bulbs

The Definition of Full-Spectrum Lighting

The term "full-spectrum lights” does not have a defined meaning. When I (Kay Newell, the Light Bulb Lady) use the phrase, I mean a bulb that is mimicking 90% of the color of sunshine. The color of sunlight changes from morning to evening each day and it changes by the season. The color of light is given in Kelvin numbers with 2700K being yellowish color and 6500K a blue-white color.


Full-spectrum light essentially tries to duplicate the sun's spectral curve. Fluorescent tubes create a color (Kelvin) by combining a formulated mix of phosphors that artificially reproduce the sun's spectral pallet and radiate light at a color temperature close to the sunlight.


Incandescent bulbs use neodymium, a rare earth element, to naturally reduce the yellow quality of the spectrum. Halogen, xenon, and krypton gases were used to create brighter light with high CRI. Bulbs with these gases are no longer available. Sunlan Lighting Inc., uses the term "full-spectrum" for lights of any Kelvin that are 90+ CRI.


Companies use different Kelvins (colors) to use as their definition of full-spectrum light. Examples include 5000K, 5500K, 5700K, 6500K, and other Kelvins. Sunlan Lighting Inc uses the CRI as a standard: if a Kelvin is rated at 90 CRI or better, then we call that light "full-spectrum." Most compact fluorescents are 82 CRI.


People feel better and can read easier under high-quality bulbs or lamps. Full-spectrum bulbs are a real boost to lift the winter blues. Plants grow well under any light color (Kelvin) that has a high CRI.

What Is Neodymium?

Neodymium is a natural earth element embedded in the bulb glass to filter out the yellow of incandescent and halogen lamps. When applied using a fusion or baking method, the mineral casts a blue-purple tint on the glass of the bulb which enhances its light. The color is similar to afternoon light. The enhanced white light of a Neodymium bulb mimics the color spectrum of natural sunlight, which reduces eye strain and eases the mood-depressing impact of conventional and fluorescent bulbs.

 

Neodymium enhancement is found on a variety of bulb styles and shapes, including 3-way bulbs, screw-in A-bulbs, and flood lights. With a high CRI rating, these lights make fantastic craft and reading lights and provide an ideal balance of brightness and color to combat the effects of seasonal affective disorder (SAD), PMS, and major depressive disorder. A high-CRI lamp is a calm light that makes a great evening light in bedrooms or living rooms. These dimmable bulbs were created in Finland to help combat SAD.

Variety of lamps

Neodymium bulbs are available in many styles

Did You Know That Light Is a Nutrient?

Photo-nutrients have a large variety of elements just like vitamins. Light is a nutrient. Much of the explanation of the therapeutic benefits of sunlight lies in the fact that sunlight contains compounds essential to human thriving. Exposure to sunlight is the primary source of vitamin D, while UV rays metabolize calcium and facilitate the body's use of vitamins C and A. These photo-nutrients boost moods and encourage better physical health.


- From INTO THE LIGHT by William Campbell, MD. We are still learning about light nutrients.

Room interior

Plants thrive under full-spectrum lighting, and so do people.

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(503) 281-0453

(503) 281-0453

It was fun to walk in and around and look at the literally thousands of lights they have. The staff was friendly and loves to talk bulbs!

- Dan D.

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