Have you’ve ever seen a mercury starved CFL bulb? Seems pretty rare to me, I’ve seen very few CFLs go fully mercury starved but I’ve seen several that are partially mercury starved (meaning they start dimmer and don’t warm up all the way).

But, have you’ve personally seen a CFL (could be a screw-in lamp or a PL bulb) that has turned completely pink, or turned a dim grayish color? One of them I’ve seen was at my own house, and another I’ve seen was spotted at a Zoo, and one I’ve seen was on another person’s house. I’ve only seen it a few times. I’ver seen plenty of fluorescent tubes go mercury starved but not many CFLs. What could be the reason for this?

Back in 2008, I was staying in a hotel room where one of the CFLs in one of the lamps appeared mercury starved.  I think it was a 23-watt 2700K TCP.