Please Clarify

Ok, I am confused a little about the type of light and the terminology that the industry uses.

Cool, warm, soft, daylight. What is what? For the most part, the most common thing I see at the store is soft white, then daylight. Cool and warm seem to be the hardest thing to find. Can someone actually remove my confusion?

cool blue for veg and warm red for flowering. daylights are for vegging, warm light for flowering. i only use some daylight CFLs for bringing my seedlings on till they're ready to go under the MH, about 5 internodes. no worries its easy to get confused man.

the widowman said:

cool blue for veg and warm red for flowering. daylights are for vegging, warm light for flowering. i only use some daylight CFLs for bringing my seedlings on till they're ready to go under the MH, about 5 internodes. no worries its easy to get confused man.

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Thanks man. Now part 2, I have doing alot of reading. I am beginning to realize(I think) that watts and lumens are not such a big deal as it may seem, its just a reference point for humans, and based solely on how WE see light, not plants. Just because a particular bulb may produce 1500 lumens may not mean a whole lot if all the light given off is green, as far as the plant is concerned anyway. Right? So, in theory I could take a 5 "watt" bulb that is designed to operate solely within a specific spectrum for plant growth. And a standard cool/warm(whichever, lets just keep it simple) 26 "watt" cfl and compare the results from each. Wouldn't the 5 watt bulb potentially prove to be more effective? NOTE: I understand that watts could play a roll, but from my perspective it would only increase the intensity the plant receives and uses it, there is probably a point to where the plant cannot utilize anymore of it and therefore using more power than needed.

Am I on the right track?

yea keep it simple is the way. use mostly cool & daylight, for vegging and bringing on seedlings.