Because the eye is able to adapt to light of the most different colour temperatures, the colour rendition must be determined dependent on the colour temperature. Tungsten halogen lamps feature very good colour rendition. The rendition quality of fluorescent lamps and metal halide lamps ranges from good to average. The degree of colour distortion against a reference light source is indicated using the colour rendition index Ra or the colour rendition grading system. The colour rendition index is only used for white colours of light.