[dennis]

On;y one thing I will advise here. If you like the bulbs Amano uses then make sure you get those exact bulbs. A bulb of the same K rating but from a diffent manufacturer can look totally different. K ratings are simply an "average" color based on the actual spectrum of a bulb. One bulb can look totally different yet have the same K rating because they they may spike ina different part of the spectrum.

Also, I use mostly 9325K but I use NO tubes, not compacts. I can say that the intensity of pinkness for the tubes goes away fairly quickly and the color seems to mellow out for me, in only a month or so. HTH

 

[dennis]

Yes, CRI is basically how well a bulb shows colors compared to natural light, ie the sun.

 

[dennis]

I think you are obsessing to much I also think that bulb is horribly expensive and I bet that the colormax part will be atrociously pink. You will probably end up with the color of the Ge 9325k with cost less than half that.