Instead of the standard pendants over the kitchen Island with easily changeable GU10 bulbs, we are instead installing a single rectangular LED bar.

 

This has to be ordered yesterday but first we need to decide bulb colour because it will probably be difficult to change in future.

 

The plan is to have 3000k lights almost everywhere else, so some warmth to the colour, but is 300k too warm for task lighting over the hob on the island, where 4000k may be better to see if my baked beans are boiling?  

Never had an island before and we have a combination of bulbs over the broken hob in our current rental pad.

What do people on here like to have over the hob?  3000k or whiter?

Edited January 16Jan 16 by Mr Blobby

We have 3 of these at 1800k each, plus 6 spots behind at 4000k (3 in background of picture)

 

The 3 bulbs are adequate for us. I think 3000k strip LED would be fine

 

51 minutes ago, Mr Blobby said:

3000k or whiter?

For me 4000K is the ideal temperature, everywhere.

 

But above all, be consistent - that is, all lights in a room that will be turned on at the same time should be the same temperature, otherwise they just look odd. So if you like 3000K, stick to it.

We have a single pendants above the island and dining table, 4 floor lamps and 2 wall Anglepoise.

Bit of chaos but it works for us.

3000K seems just right.

Fitted with a Philips 14W 2700/2500/2200K which works off the wall switch.

Can you find a LED with adjustable temperatures?

Brightness is also a consideration. 

As @Mike consistency throughout the room if possible.

Not sure it helps you much but we have warm pendants for ambience over the island and cool/cold ceiling and cupboard downlights for working. Somewhere there's a control to switch the warmth of cupboard lighting but we've never used it.

Warm white for us. I installed CCT strips under the shelves and cabinets to give flexibility but they’re set mostly at warm white. 
 

It’s not a professional kitchen and so the requirement for harsh light is negated. 

We're really fussy about lighting and are often disappointed with what options are available.

 

For our island we wanted a visible filament, good colour rendition (>90 CRI with decent R9 performance), ideally ST64 shape (but GLS if necessary) and dim-to-warm functionality as it is in a 'family room' that really does needs different lighting at different times of day/use. A lot of boxes to tick and I found a grand total of one option and that was the Philips Master Value series:

 

(shown here at quite a low level hence more towards the 2200K end of the range) 

 

They took a bit of effort to drive with a Varilight Pro dimmer as they take a bit of a kick to reliably turn on at very low levels but with some help from Varilight got there in the end.

 

That's a long way of saying 'warm white' in answer to your question, although I would say accurate colour rendition is just as important in a kitchen. 

 

 

Edited January 17Jan 17 by MJNewton

We used Philips master value throughout. Warm white.

Edited January 17Jan 17 by bmj1