T5 Color Discrepancy

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Has anyone noticed a substantial color discrepancy between T5s of the same make and age.

I’m tweaking my 4bulb T5 and have found that 2 of my Blue+ have a totally different spectrum than the other 2 Blue+. So much so they might as well be different bulbs completely. One is a rich deep blue and the other appears much warmer/brighter guessing due to more green spectrum. All bulb have around 50-150 hrs.

None of the serials seem to have a pattern that I could make out such aa a manufactured date.

Anyone else have this issue?
 
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Yes, T5's will shift in color over their lifespan, and may not all age the same way. Was that your question?
 

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