That's a very common color seen in tubes with mercury added.
The ones I notice it the most with are the small side-view
tubes such as NL-5853, or B-5853.
The non-mercury tubes glow a much stronger orange, without the
blue haze. My examples of that are NL-6844A, NL-5971, NL-7153.
Chuck
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