tom, i 'm glad to hear once and for all that this or that color or temp is not that big a deal. TOO much controversary over lights. my compact bulbs were slowly burning out ,so i decided to order all new ones. i fell for it. everone said to get 9325GE,so i did. color is yellowish, not particularly pretty over all like 6700k but thats the way it goes. one grows plants as well as the other really. regards,cornhusker