I prefer the SP-6500 bulbs. Easy to get, most hardware stores (HD included)
and cheap as the ugly ones.

The 6500K bulbs are a little purple looking for the first few days and then
it disappears as the colour warms slightly.

The fluorescent tubes don't seem to be as blue and weak (thin?) as the CFLs
rated in the same temperature.



"-MIKE-" wrote in message
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No, no... it's not brighter, it's bluer.
That scale is not a measurement of brightness, it's a measurement of
color.
The higher the number, the more blue, the lower the number, the more red.

google: color temperature