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h e r i c a n National Standard
for electric lampsSpecifications for the
Fluorescent Lamps
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Secretariat: American National Standards Lighting Group - NEMA

I Approved February 1,2001

for electric lamps:

Specifications for the Chromaticity of Fluorescent Lamps

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CONTENTS
Foreword ....................................................................................................... 1. 2. 3. 4. Scope ........................................................................................................... Color specification basis ............................................................................... Nominal color temperature ........................................................................... Objective chromaticities ............................................................................... Table I- Objective chromaticities................................................................ Chromaticity tolerances ................................................................................ Table 2 - Data for construction of ellipses ................................................... Color rendering index ................................................................................... Figure 1 - 2700K chromaticity limits............................................................. Figure 2 v 1 1
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5.
6. 7.

8.

- 3000Wwarm chromaticity ............................................................

9.

Figure 3 - 3500Wwhite chromaticity limits ...................................................

1O . Figure 4 . 4000W41OOWcool white chromaticity ......................................

5000K chromaticity limits........................................................... I . Figure 5 . I 6500Wdaylight chromaticity limits ............................................. 12. Figure 6 .

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Foreword

ANSI C78.376-2001

Revision of C78.376-1996

(This Foreword is not part of ANSI C78.376-2001.)

Suggestions for improvement of this standard should be submitted to the Secretariat C78, American National Standards Lighting Group of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, 1300 North 17th Street, Suite 1847, Rosslyn, VA 22209. This standard was processed and approved by Accredited Standards Committee on Electric Lamps, C78, and its Subcommittee, C78-2. Committee approval of the standard does not necessarily imply that all committee members voted for that approval. At the time it approved this standard, the C78 Committee had the following members:
Al Rousseau, Chair C78 David T. Mullen and AI Rousseau, Technical Coordinators Randolph N. Roy, Secretariat Matt Clark, Coordinating Editor
Organization Represented: Name of Representative:

Advance Transformer Company ENTERGY Services, Inc. GE Lighting Illuminating Engineering Society InterTek Testing Services, Inc. MagneTek Lighting Products National Electrical Manufacturers Association OSRAM SYLVANIA Philips Lighting Company Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.

Norman Grimshaw William Al Maguire Rolf Bergman Rita Harrold Craig Davenport Michael A. Stein (Vacant) Peter Bleasby David Mullen (Alt.) AI Rousseau David Belt

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At the time it approved this standard, the C78-2 Sub-Committee had the following members:
David T. Muilen, Chair, C78-2 Randolph N. Roy, Secretariat Organization Represented: Name of Representative:

Advance Transformer Company AROMAT-NAIS IETLAntertek Testing Services, Inc. General Electric MagneTek Motorola Lighting, Inc. OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. IPhilips Lighting Company 'Thomas & Betts (American Electric) Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.

Norman Grimshaw Beth Jug Dail Swanson Craig Davenport Edward E. Hammer Rolf Bergman (Alt) William Dunham (Alt) Kenneth J. Denton (Alt) Bill Brosius Howard Wolfman David T. Mullen Tom Gavenonis (Alt) Frank M. Latassa Thomas O. Leyh Greg Steinman David Belt John Marshall (Alt)

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Specifications for the Chromaticity of Fluorescent Lamps

1. Scope This standard covers the objectives and tolerances for the chromaticity of T8, TIO and T I 2 fluorescent lamps with a nominal loading of from 5 to 10 watts per foot at their normal 100 hour rating point. This standard also covers some compact lamps, where noted. The colors included are 2700K, 3000Wwarm white, 3500Wwhite, 4000W41OOWcool white, 5000K, and 6500Wdaylight. The lamp under test shall be operated under reference conditions as specified in ANSI C78.375 Guide for Operation of Fluorescent Lamps and in the relevant C78 lamp standard. 2.

Color specification basis

The x and y coordinates used in this specification are based on the 1931 CIE* Chromaticity Diagram. Lamps shall be rated in terms of the measurements standards established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Tolerances are based on the ellipses defined by David L. MacAdam in his paper Specification of Small Chromaticity Differences printed in Journal of the Optical Society of America, vol 33, no.1, Jan 1943, pp 18-26.

* International Committee on Illumination

3.

Nominal color temperature

Values of correlated color temperature (CCT) will vary within a chromaticity tolerance ellipse since they are a function of color coordinates. For colors which are designated by nominal color temperature, the value shall be based on the CCT of the objective chromaticity. For new colors, the nominal value of the color temperature shall differ from the CCT of the objective chromaticity by less than 100K. For a color with a nominal color temperature generally established prior to this standard, the value may be retained when it differs from the CCT of the objective chromaticity by a slightly greater amount.
4.

Objective chromaticities

The objective chromaticities are shown in Table I.

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Table 1 Objective chromaticities

X
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2709K (Note I)

0.459

0.412 0.403 0.393 0.380 0.359

3 0 0 0 W a r m white 3500White 41OOW4OOOWCool white 50i30K 6500WDaylight

0.440 0.41 1 0.380 0.346 0.313

0.337

12_0nly for T4 compact lames of less than 20 watts.

5.

Chromaticity tolerances

For the lamps covered by this standard the chromaticity tolerance is defined by a 4 step MacAdam ellipse. The ellipses are shown in figures 1 through 6.

In the construction of these ellipses the data shown in Table 2 are used. The values of gil, Zg,;!, and g22are taken from MacAdam's paper referred to above. They are the basis for calculating , a, and b. is the angle between the major axis of the ellipse and the x axis. a and b are major and minor semi-axis of a one step ellipse, respectively.
Table 2 Data for Construction of Ellipses
g11

2g12 -39 x

Q22

e
53' 42'
53' 13' 5 O 00' 4 5 O 43' 3 5 O 37' 9 58' 34'

a
0.0027

b
0.0014

2700K (Note 1)

3000WWarm white 3 5 0 0 W h i te 4000W41OOWCool white 5000K 6500K/DayIight

io4 39 x i o 4 -39 x i o 4 38 x I O 4 -40 x io4 39.5 x i o 4 -43 x i o 4 56 x I O 4 -50x i o 4 -80x i o 4 86 x IO4

40 x I O 4

28 x I O 4 27.5 x

io4

0.00278 0.00309 0.00313 0.00274 0.00223

0.00136
0.00138 0.00134

25 x I O 4 26 x I O 4

28 x

io4

0.001118
0.00095

45 x I O 4

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6.

Cotor Renderinq Index (Rd

6.1 Definition Color rendering index or CRI is the measurement of degree of color shift objects undergo when illuminated by a reference source of comparable color temperature. It is abbreviated Ra6.2 Measurement The value for CRI for a QivenIgmp shall be determined in accordance with the method specified in CIE Publication 13.3. The required spectroradiometric measurement and characterization shall be conducted in accordance with methods given in IESNA LM-58 and IESNA LM-16 For compliance with federal requlations see I OCFR 430.24. 6.3 Specification The initial reading of the Color Renderinq Index. Ra, of a test lot shall not be less than the rated value decreased by three.

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0.425

0.42

0.41 5
Y

0.41

0.405

0.4 0.445

0.45

0.455
X

0.46

0.465

0.47

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.425 .420 .415 .410

y

.405
.400

.395

.390
.385 425 .430 .435 ,440
X

.445

.450

.455

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.415 .410 .405

.400
y

.395 .390 .385 .380 ,375 .395

,400

.405

. 1O 4
X

.415

,420 .425

Figure 3 - 3500WWhite Chromaticity Limits (4 MacAdam Color Steps)

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.395

.390

,385

.380

.375

.370

.365 .365

,370

.375

.380
X

.385

.390

.395

Figure 4 - 4000K/4100K/Cool White Chromaticity Limits (4 MacAdam Color Steps)

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.375 ,370 .365 .360

Y

.355 .350 .345 .340 .335 .330

,335

.340

.345
X

.350

,355

.3

Figure 5 - 5000K Chromaticity Limits (4 MacAdam Color Steps)

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.355 .350 .345 .340

Y

.335 .330 .325 .320 .315 295

.300

.305 .31 O
X

.3 1 5

.320

.325

Figure 6 - 6500WDaylight Chromaticity Limits (4 MacAdam Color Steps)

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