Recommended LED Bulb for Water Painting

I am a watercolor artist water painting inside. I have been using a lamp with a very good - sunlight /daylight type 300-watt bulb, screw bottom. I wish to purchase a new bulb like this. Or better. This bulb is from the 1970's I can send you pictures of the bulb that I have. 

While we do not sell any products that directly match the lightbulb within the images provided, the closest match in our catalog appears to be the 100W equivalent CENTRIC DAYLIGHT™ Full Spectrum Flicker-Free A21 15W LED Bulb. This high CRI product is available in several color temperature options and has an output of 1600 lumens. 

Which one would emulate the best painting light to paint watercolor under? Would you suggest 5000? I do not want too warm or too cool I want it just like real daylight. So my watercolors are shown as the true colors they are.

Also my bulb was 300 watts and this bulb is 100 watts. What difference would that cause? 

We have attached a link to a blog from our website below comparing the two options for artwork creation, which we do hope proves to be helpful. In short, the 5000K color point is a great option for neutral white light output, where the 6500K option is more representative of cool, direct north-facing daylight. 

Difference Between 5000K and 6500K Bulbs

As a final note, we can confirm that older incandescent lights measured output by watts, where our LED technology measures output in lumens. As such, you may find that more than one LED bulb may be required to match the output that your single 300W bulb was able to provide. 

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