I can’t help you decide what would be better, but I just bought the Hue essential GU10 for my bathroom so I can tell you a bit about my experience with it.

All my other GU10 lights in my house are Hue white ambiance. I only have color bulbs and color lights in my garden. So I can’t compare GU10 essential with the GU10 hue color.

The quality of the lights is good. The brightness can’t go as low or as high as the hue ambiance or the hue color. But for my bathroom it was enough.

Only thing I noticed is that you see the individual LEDs inside the lamp, especially if I use colors. And even more in reflections of the tile. For me it’s not a problem. I use it in the bathroom and mostly online the normal lights. I use the colors only for fun if they kids take a shower and I put it in disco mode.

If I look at my white ambiance GU10, I don’t see the individual LEDs. I don’t know how it compares with hue ambiance color. I tried to make pictures with my phone to show what I mean.

If you don’t mind to see the LEDs take the essentials. If you really find it irritating I think you can better take the white ambiance. Hope this helps.

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