ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Color Light Output

Hi there, little one! Today, I am going to explain to you what color light output is in a way that you will easily understand. Are you ready?

When we turn on a light bulb or a television, we see different colors of light. Sometimes the light is bright, and sometimes it is dim. The brightness of the light is measured in something called lumens, and the different colors are measured in something called Kelvin.

So, color light output is really just a way to measure how bright and how colorful the light is. When you see a really bright light, it is because it has a lot of lumens. When you see a really colorful light, it is because it has a certain amount of Kelvin.

Let's use an example to make this easier to understand. Think about the sun. When it is midday and the sun is bright, it produces a lot of lumens. But, as the sun starts to set and become less bright, the color of the light changes. This happens because the Kelvin measurement changes as well.

When the sun is at its brightest, it has a high color light output, which means that it is very bright and very colorful. As the sun sets and becomes less bright, the color light output becomes lower, which means that it is less bright and less colorful.

So, there you have it, little one! Color light output just helps us measure how bright and how colorful the light is that we see.