(Though you may have pictured "daylight" as warm and sunny, it's more accurate to picture a blue sky.) The other two most common light bulb color temperatures are warm white and cool white ...

So, is one type of bulb better than the other ... influence whether you want to go with daylight's bright, cool-toned beams or soft white's romantic, diffused glow. Below, we detail the pros ...

Soft white sounds like it will be the whiter ... and that blue light suppresses it more than yellow light. The daylight-bulb theory is that cool artificial light will mimic the sun’s ...