Lightroom colour temperature

[englishpremier]

Is it me or is the colour temperature slider in lightroom the wrong way round?

A higher colour temperature should result in a cooler looking image i.e blue

Yet in lightroom moving the slider to the left, and lowering the temperature results in a cooler image, when it should be warmer.

WTF?

 

[englishpremier]

Lowering the temperature should be warmer? I don't follow that logic...

Because colour temperature is measured in degrees kelvin. It's basically set by heating up a piece of platinum and noting it's colour at certain temperatures in degrees kelvin.

Red hot would be around 1000k, white hot at 4500-6500k, and blue form 7500k.

Basically you're going from (low temperatures) warm colours i.e red, orange, yellow. To cooler colours (higher temperatures) white, blue.

Lightroom seems to get this the wrong way round, but I think that Zogger's post explains well what lightroom is doing.

For more on colour temperatures (in lights) - http://www.motobulbs.co.uk/2012/04/understanding-motorcycle-bulb-colour-temperature/