Depending on exactly which "color" you are talking about. "Daylight" is not
a new color for fluorescent bulbs, in fact it was the original color when
they first made the bulbs many decades ago, emitting blue light. "Cool
white" was a color that came out after WWII as a better light to work under
and many thought it was too gray. Some of the many other "warm" colors are
much better especially when mixed with or replacing incandescent bulbs. It
is all what you prefer not what I like.

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I have to make some decisions about lighting the lobby of a six-flat
building, stairwell, hallways, back porches, as well as a security
light for the yard.

The basic decision is: do we go with old fashioned warm yellowish
lights, or the new cool "bluish "daylight" types?

Any suggestions or experience appreciated.