Warm daylight fluorescents? Easily available warm fluorescents (linear) come in 3000K, at the other end what's known as daylight are anywhere from 5000K (stocked in suppliers) up to 6500K (special order). Warm compacts are usually 2700K. The warm ones are yellow / orange color while the daylight are very cool, kind of blueish. Inexpensive LED's like those sold for outdoor solar lights and Christmas strings are even more cool, that's why the blue look.
I think that mean that youre using linear fluorescents in this panel, compacts don't have the life that you'd want above a bath. Another factor is what system is being used to dim the lamps, standard rotary dimmers will work with the correct ballast but there's usually a buzzing while systems dedicated to dimming (Lutron for one) are much quieter and offer better range.
I called them “warm” as mentioned because the color for what we both know as “warm” cannot be used; they were more bluish but the lamps, when turned all the way up, were warm. I depended upon the lighting engineer for help in this area. The bulbs are linear; compacts would show “hot spots” through the opaque ceiling panels.
You’re correct about the dimmers; they are Lutron. These are very picky clients. Every wall was insulated with sound batting. Any noise, except that coming from the compact Bose speakers, is an issue. With three 52” flat screen TVs in the apartment, I really could not understand why they bothered with all the insulation.
The LEDs in the apartment, as well as the one the contractor gave me, are a whiter light than those I have seen elsewhere. Very nice! Since the bulb doesn’t have a manufacturer’s name on it, it has been difficult finding more like it.