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Surely an incandescent bulb, being a black body radiator, has a CRI of 100? Yes, the temperature is low compared to sunlight, but the rendering is theoretically perfect.

I suppose if you want to get closer to sunlight, you need a carbon arc, which is only a few hundred degrees cooler and again, a perfect black body emitter.



Yes. An incandescent bulb is basically the reference for CRI 100. The parent of your poster is explicitly discussing non-incandescent technologies.




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