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Old 09-06-2013, 02:47 PM
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Peckish
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Regarding the "daylight" bulbs.... I recently purchased 2 CFLs and 2 reflector lamp shades from Home Depot. This was based on Holly Knott's recommendations for lighting your quilts for photography. The CFLs are rated at 5000k and have the absolute best light for getting true colors. I LOVE these bulbs. They take half a minute to "warm up", which originally annoyed me, but they're so good I'm willing to wait. I've since repurposed them and have them over my work area next to my sewing machine. I prefer them over the 4' tube fluorescent bulbs in my kitchen, which admittedly are most likely not the right "temperature".

In a nutshell, I'd recommend CFLs rated at 5000k.
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