color temperature

Home Depot must have 15 different work lights available, I don't know which ones you are talking about. Do they have halogen bulbs? Then they are probably 3200k tungsten or very close. Do they use "regular" incandesant house bulbs? 3200k again. You say you don't have any money so I doubt you bought any fancy lights with metal halide (sp) bulbs or anything. They would be very "cold" around 5500k, give or take 500k.

What does the light look like from the fixtures? Is it blue or whiteish? Amber? Green? You can tell a lot from your eye, but you can't get it exact. That's why I suggested the color temp. meter (And no, I didn't mean for you to buy one, I couldn't do that either I thought you could take your light to a rental house or a film school, I'm sure they would be happy to check it for you.)Your light might not be exactly 3200k, it might be less or more. The color temp. of bulbs is not always constant their whole life, It can change. The only way you could find out would be to use a color temp. meter. That way you will know exactly what you have to do to "correct" the color for what you need.