I, personally, don’t like the yellow light of incandescent bulbs; I never did, and I’ve always tried to find the “daylight” versions of bulbs with the bluish tint. I know many people don’t like the “cold” blue light from the newer bulbs, but I prefer the bluish light. Though I agree that they’re too bright sometimes. I’ve also always used 40W bulbs rather than the more common 60W (not to save energy, I just don’t like bright light), but all the newer bulbs seem to be equivalent to 60W or 100W bulbs in light intensity.