Good lighting enables you to discern if the color of that curry you’re preparing for dinner is just right to take off the stove or decide if dish you’re washing is cleanUse a T5 strip light for under-the-cabinet lighting Use daylight colors (5000K6500K) in the kitchen Avoid placing your light directly above where you place the stove. Oil vaporizes and tends to deposit over the lamp and over time the light output falls.