theres no way those HID's you posted are 55w 12K. i have 55W 12K HID's from DDM in 3rd gen headlights and they have no purple in them exect at the cutoff. 55W washes the color out about 4k . I have pics of my 12K 55W posted all over the place. if you click the link in my sig i think its like the 3rd page. I have 8K fogs and the 55w 12k headlights match almost perfectly. I hooked my 12K up to 35w ballasts and they looked like yours. so i assume you have 12k 35w HID's

 

Maybe they sent the wrong bulb. Does it say "10K" on the bulb or does it not say anything. And your ballast should be marked with its output

 

then why would my 10ks look like 6ks? jw and as for the cop thing im in the police academy so i know almost all in my area and they are really laid back here

 

stop comparing pics vs reality.

filters in camera can either make one bulb look more blue than another camera snapping the same picture.

55w only washes 2k vs 35w ballast.

run relay harness for 55w unless you like melted wiring harnesses if you ballast goes.

 

the look the same in real life as the shot on the camera.......

 

um im gonna have to agree to disagree there. Im running 35w and 55w ballasts for headlights and foglights in 12k and 8k and the colors match. Thats a 4K difference. And im also gonna have to disagree with the camera filter. OP definitly has a wrong headlight bulb as im sure the ballast is 35w. They probobly sent the wrong K bulb. 10K bulbs should look real blue. I dont need a picture to tell me or give me an example, they should be blue. Not like a white/blue, but blue. any more blue then 10k and it starts getting purple.

 

On the average, 2k .... it appears that with so many different HID makers out there that their perception on what is 4300k vs another 4300k is basically up to them.

There are filters in the camera that can either add or take away a certain color depending on your settings. Simply putting it on "AUTO" will make it appear more blue as the camera adjusts for better lighting when snapping a picture of a light. I do photography on the side.

I haven't seen OP's picture bc of work filters. I'll check it out tonight.