The main difference is that white ones are less dazzling and offer better diffusion , of course, at the cost of greater light absorption than transparent ones, as explained by Philips. White bulbs receive a treatment known as opalization, which consists of coating the inside of the glass with silica and titanium oxide by spraying or by so-called electrostatic deposition.
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