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Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White 1600 vs Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100

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Updated October 2026
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2026 verdict
More light, or more color? The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100 is the more complete smart bulb of this pair, since it can do everything the white bulb does and far more.
Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100
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Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100
$39.00$59.9935% OFF
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It adds full color, tunable white from 2000K to 6500K, adjustable transitions and dynamic scenes, and it draws 10.5 W against 17 W. The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White 1600 is the cheaper and brighter bulb, rated at 1521 lumens against 1100, but it holds one fixed 2700K warm tone. Both sit on the same Hue platform: Zigbee through the Hue Bridge with Bluetooth as a fallback, power-off memory, a Zigbee router, Alexa, Google Home, Apple HomeKit, SmartThings and Home Assistant, and a 3-year warranty. Choose the Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100 for rooms where light should change, and the Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White 1600 when the job is simply maximum warm light.
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FeaturePhilips Hue Smart Bulb - White 1600Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100Winner
Price$21.98$39.00Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White 1600
ColorNOYESPhilips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100
Adjustable TransitionNOYESPhilips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100
Dynamic ScenesNOYESPhilips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100
Rating4.64.6Tie
Warranty3 years3 yearsTie
ConnectivityBluetooth, ZigbeeBluetooth, ZigbeeTie
IntegrationsGoogle Home, Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Samsung SmartThings, Home Assistant, MatterGoogle Home, Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Samsung SmartThings, Home Assistant, MatterTie
Bulb InterfaceE26E26Tie
Power Off MemoryYESYESTie
Adjustable BrightnessYESYESTie
Zigbee RouterYESYESTie

What the differences mean

Brightness

The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White 1600 is rated at 1521 lumens and the Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100 at 1100. For a single fixture lighting a large room or a stairwell, the white bulb is the one that fills it.

Color and white tone

The color bulb does full RGB and tunes white from 2000K to 6500K. The White 1600 stays at 2700K warm white, which its owners say is the most common surprise after buying it.

Power draw

The White 1600 draws 17 W at full output against 10.5 W. It is also the bulb its owners say runs warm, and it is not meant for enclosed fixtures.

Cost

The White 1600 is the cheaper bulb; the color bulb costs more, which buys color and tunable white rather than extra light.

Which one to buy if

What owners say

Owners of both Hue bulbs lead with brightness: each group bought theirs because older Hue bulbs were not bright enough, and both praise dimming with no flicker and bulbs that keep working for years. Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White 1600 owners single out a clean warm tone that lights large rooms and stairwells, and warn that it only dims and never shifts tone, that it needs a Hue account, runs warm and that some recent units failed sooner. Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100 owners talk about accurate color, QR code pairing in seconds and near-instant local control from Home Assistant, and their complaints are the cost when a room needs several bulbs and that saturated reds, blues and purples come out dim.

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Every price change of both, in the same store, so the gap between the two lines is what one costs more than the other.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Philips Hue 1600 vs 1100: which should I buy, the Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White 1600 or the Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100?

The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100 if you want color, tunable white and scenes. The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White 1600 if you only need warm white and want the most light for less money.

Which is brighter, the Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White 1600 or the Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100?

The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White 1600, rated at 1521 lumens against 1100 for the Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100.

Does the Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White 1600 change color temperature?

No. The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White 1600 is fixed at 2700K warm white and only dims. The Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100 tunes from 2000K to 6500K and does full color.

Are these Philips Hue bulbs E26 or E27?

Both the Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White 1600 and the Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100 listed here have an E26 base and run on 110 to 130 V, the North American versions.

Who should buy the Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White 1600?

Anyone who needs strong warm light in a living room, stairwell or large fixture and has no use for color or cool white.

Who should buy the Philips Hue Smart Bulb - White and Color 1100?

Buyers who want one bulb that handles color scenes, daylight white for daytime and warm white at night, within the Hue ecosystem.

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