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This video talks about the quality of spectrum from various LED light sources and why it matters. IIRC they suggested amber LEDs in addition to white. https://youtu.be/5U-F7EhLp7g

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That's what Philip's Hue system uses for it's color bulbs, a 5 color system. Third-party systems are usually referred to as RGB+CCT. I got some pretty dense strips from superlightingled for my recent kitchen lighting project, which were nice since they had all 5 colors on a single chip

Thanks for that information, was searching for "RGBAW" and got not that many results ^^

Yeah, you can sometimes find them under RGBWW, RGBWCW, RGBWWCW. This was the strip I went with for my lighting: https://www.superlightingled.com/dc24v-rgbcct-5in1-480leds-u...

These are available in 12v: https://www.superlightingled.com/single-row-rgbcct-5in1-seri...

Keep in mind, a lower voltage for the same light output means more current, so if you're doing a large build, spec your wire gauge accordingly.

Thank you, I will definitely look into this.

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