Paul Oman wrote:

Heathcliff wrote:
I have been replacing incandescent bulbs with CFLs as they burn out.
Just wondering if anyone has a particular recommendation for a CFL
with a nice warm tone. I am aware of the color temperature rating and
look for it - not all bulbs have it on their packaging - and always
get the "soft white" kind. However, I find that particularly in the
higher wattages (the ones that emulate a 100W incandescent) the CFLs
still have a "cooler" hue than the incandescents they replaced. For
lamps I'd rather have a warmer hue. -- H

Try looking for "warm white" for something a bit closer to incandescent.
3200K is nominal incandescent color temp, and the higher the number the
cooler/whiter/bluer the light becomes. Also note that the human eye does
auto white balance and as long as all the lights in a room are the same
color temperature your eyes will adjust nicely. It is the differences in
color temperature of adjacent light sources that you really notice.