A lighting system comprising: a plurality of solid state light sources, comprising a first solid state light source having a first color point, a second solid state light source having a second color point, and a third solid state light source having a third color point; a controller connected to the plurality of solid state light sources; and a memory system connected to the controller; wherein the memory system includes a dimming application, a first set of data and a second set of data; wherein the first set of data comprises a first plurality of pairs of x-axis coordinates and corresponding y-axis coordinates on the black body curve of the 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram for a first set of correlated color temperatures, wherein each pair in the first plurality of pairs corresponds to a correlated color temperature of the first set of correlated color temperatures and has an associated luminous flux; wherein the second set of data comprises a second plurality of pairs of x-axis coordinates and corresponding y-axis coordinates on a line between a first end point and a second end point on the 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram for a second set of correlated color temperatures, wherein the first end point is on the black body curve and the second end point is a color point of a solid state light source in the plurality of solid state light sources (104, 106, 108), wherein each pair in the second plurality of pairs corresponds to a correlated color temperature of the second set of correlated color temperatures and has an associated luminous flux, wherein each pair in the second plurality of pairs is not on the black body curve of the 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram; and wherein the dimming application, when executed in the controller as a dimming process, performs operations of: receiving an input, wherein the input identifies a desired dim level; locating, within the first set of data and the second set of data, the pair of x-axis coordinates and corresponding y-axis coordinates, corresponding correlated color temperature, and associated luminous flux for the corresponding dim level that is the same as the desired dim level; and adjusting current to the plurality of solid state light sources to produce light output having a luminous flux that is substantially the luminous flux in the first set of data and the second set of data that is associated with the desired dim level. a plurality of solid state light sources, comprising a first solid state light source having a first color point, a second solid state light source having a second color point, and a third solid state light source having a third color point; a controller connected to the plurality of solid state light sources; and a memory system connected to the controller; wherein the memory system includes a dimming application, a first set of data and a second set of data; wherein the first set of data comprises a first plurality of pairs of x-axis coordinates and corresponding y-axis coordinates on the black body curve of the 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram for a first set of correlated color temperatures, wherein each pair in the first plurality of pairs corresponds to a correlated color temperature of the first set of correlated color temperatures and has an associated luminous flux; wherein the second set of data comprises a second plurality of pairs of x-axis coordinates and corresponding y-axis coordinates on a line between a first end point and a second end point on the 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram for a second set of correlated color temperatures, wherein the first end point is on the black body curve and the second end point is a color point of a solid state light source in the plurality of solid state light sources (104, 106, 108), wherein each pair in the second plurality of pairs corresponds to a correlated color temperature of the second set of correlated color temperatures and has an associated luminous flux, wherein the dimming application, when executed in the controller as a dimming process, performs operations of: receiving an input, wherein the input identifies a desired dim level; locating, within the first set of data and the second set of data, the pair of x-axis coordinates and corresponding y-axis coordinates, corresponding correlated color temperature, and associated luminous flux for the corresponding dim level that is the same as the desired dim level; and adjusting current to the plurality of solid state light sources to produce light output having a luminous flux that is substantially the luminous flux in the first set of data and the second set of data that is associated with the desired dim level. receiving an input, wherein the input identifies a desired dim level; locating, within the first set of data and the second set of data, the pair of x-axis coordinates and corresponding y-axis coordinates, corresponding correlated color temperature, and associated luminous flux for the corresponding dim level that is the same as the desired dim level; and adjusting current to the plurality of solid state light sources to produce light output having a luminous flux that is substantially the luminous flux in the first set of data and the second set of data that is associated with the desired dim level.