Color of light used in dark room

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Color of light used in dark room

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Hello=] i have recently been tasked with restarting a screenprinting operation at my school and i was wondering what type of light is ok to use in the dark room? Right now i have just a red 45 watt bulb that i bought from wal-mart. And if i need to buy a diffrent light, were could i get it and how much would it be?
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We use gold fluorescent tubes.

We have also used 60 and 100 watt bug light bulbs with great results.
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well were could i buy a bug light? and how much would it cost?
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any hardware store, drug store or grocery store.

It's just a yellow light bulb.
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ok:) thank you very much
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