CFL colors

[jducoeur]

And while I'm consulting with the Uni-Mind:

Compact fluorescents are getting steadily better. In particular, the new ones seem to turn on a good deal faster than the previous generation did, which alleviates one of our big annoyances with them. But the other is still there: we just plain don't love the colors.

Yes, it's a somewhat irrational bias. But the fact is, we grew up used to incandescents. We think of indoor light as having that slightly yellow-creamy color of traditional Soft White bulbs, and we *like* that. So it's disappointing that we haven't yet found a CFL that mimics that at all well. There's been a lot of movement towards "daylight" or "full-spectrum" CFLs, but we find those much too white in many circumstances. The color feels harsh and over-bright, and frankly looks terrible in some of our rooms: places that felt warm before come out really cold in the whiter light.

So here's a question: has anyone come across a good CFL that is both quick-starting and has that old-fashioned tone? It would be a fine thing for peace at home. (I would like to up our CFL usage, but msmemory cares about the color even more than I do...)

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[cellio]

The ones at Home Depot come in three flavors: the blue package (I think labelled something like "daylight", and way too freakishly blue), the green package (we had these for a day until we found out about dimmer switches; too white but not as bad as the first), and the red package (between the two in whiteness, according to the packaging).

(Edited to correct an error in which is which.)