Don't take the choice of lighting too lightly. With colors, you create ambience, but light plays an important role in this. Colors have effect on light, and light has effect on colors. If your home has a low ceiling and tiny windows, you might want to bring in more artificial light to prevent that your interior looks gloomy and dark. But also the positioning of light makes a difference in how a space appears.
Here are several 'rules' to take into account when choosing your lighting.
Here are several 'rules' to take into account when choosing your lighting.
- Light bulbs and candles create a warm glow. Halogen lamps and fluorescent lights create a cool ambience.
- Light colours reflect light. Dark colours absorb light. Therefore more light is needed in a space with many dark colours.
- A space looks bigger and higher when the lamps shine upwards.
- For spaces that are mainly used at night, you should take into account that red and pink hues appear deeper in artificial light. By contrast, blue and green hues appear dim in artificial light.