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I have read several articles and all those articles say that the best lighting to be painting under is natural light but if that is not available a "daylight" bulb will do. Well I went out and purchased a GE 75w Daylight bulb and it gives me headaches. To me the light has a blueish tint to it and after about 5 minutes my head starts to pound. Did I buy the right bulb? Since this does not work for me is there another type of light that will work and give me plenty of color depth?

I use a flourescent bulb since most competitions where your being judged on paint are in large halls with flourescent lighting.
The models still look good under natural sunlight too.

your daylight bulb is indeed correct, mine did that too. It takes getting used to, but I tell you, now that I have bought mine, I changed all the bulbs in my house to these. My eyes hurt so much less and I can actually SEE!

The headache is from not being used to the light. the yellowish regular bulbs are actually very bad for your eyes anyway, but since like most of us you likely spent your whole life with them, it takes some getting used to on the daylight bulb. Most of your pain likely comes from switching from the daylight bulb when painting back to the yellow bulbs when you're done.

I never got headaches from mine, but the light did seem a bit blue, at first. This was simply due to the juxtaposition of the new light and incandescent bulbs, however. Compare the light to daylight or a fluorescent bulb and the blue skew disappears.

As far as the headaches are concerned, how close is your bulb to the workspace? What are the usual lighting conditions before you start working? Daylight bulbs tend to put out a lot of very bright, white light, so I'm wondering if you aren't simply overloading your eyes. Walking into broad daylight from a dimply lit building is liable to give you a headache, as well. Just a thought.