On Mar 9, 6:51 pm, Kate Brown wrote:
In article , dated Fri, 9 Mar 2007,
Gianna wrote

e.g. the only ordinary light bulbs I have left in use (3x 25w, 1x 40w)
are in fittings where it is not physically possible to insert the low
wattage fluorescents. They are seldom used - should that change I will
need to change the light fittings.

I commend you, and would like to do the same, except we can't find any
that give a light we can live in for any length of time. We tried them
in the kitchen, which is a pretty cheerful duck-egg blue - they turned
the walls a sad greenish grey which was desperately depressing. If
anyone can recommend ones with a decent colour spectrum we'd buy them
like a shot.

You want one with a modified warm phosphor. Typically they are
packaged to look more like a chunky traditional light bulb/jamjar
hybrid. The economy ones with the tubes visible tend to have a classic
fluorescent green mercury line cast.

Regards,
Martin Brown