Creative Lighting 1
This a shows light as art as it portrays a visual form of ones expression. It is an art form as it creates and produces light through the manipulation of light, colors, and shadows.
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Fluorescent Bulb
A fluorescent bulb tends to create a cool tone light as it generally doesn't produce heat. This is also considered energy efficient due to the phosphor on the inside surface that is made by ultraviolet radiation from a mercury vapor.
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Incandescent Bulb
An incandescent bulb is an electric light with a wire filament heated until it glows. The heat created to make the bulb glow is what causes the light to be more of a warm tone.
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2x2 fixture or 2x4 fixture
These are fixtures that create more lighting and light directly down, but do cause less glare. This is commonly used in places such as offices and classrooms, but isn't to popular anymore.
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Sconce
This is a light fixture that is typically on a wall and is generally facing upward, but can also be directed downwards.
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Wall Washing
Wall washing is a type of light that "washes" an area of a wall with light. This type of lighting is in other words different than task lighting as it illuminates the whole wall and not one thing in specific.
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Drop Lighting
Drop lighting is when a fixture comes down or drops from the ceiling, but in doing so it is important that the light is 6 or 7 feet above and not at eye level.
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Recessed Lighting
There are four different types of recessed lighting which include baffle, open, reflector, and eyeball. These are basically just a different way of providing an ambient and a task lighting to your home.
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Cove Lighting
A form of indirect lighting built for ceilings or walls and creates a decorative highlight. This directs light up towards the ceiling and down adjacent to the walls.
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Up Lighting
Another general form of lighting is up lighting, which are lights that point upward.These are lights on the ground or from low angle that show shadows and give an overall different perspective.
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Perimeter Lighting
Typically made to replace harsh down lights and help create a more open space without having to many highlights.
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Grazing
A technique where the lights are positioned closely to a wall as a way to force and draw the eye's attention to the texture of that being shown by creating shadows.
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Ambient Lighting
Is one of the three types of lighting and the most basic. It is a mixture of natural light from your windows and lighting that substitutes for said natural light so it doesn't appear as, "in your face".
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Accent Lighting
Light that focuses on a particular area or object. By which is often used to highlight art or even artifacts to bring visual appeal to a room.
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Task Lighting
Is when the lighting is focused on a particular area or subject according to where one may need the light or where one would prefer it.
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Natural Lighting
A technique that uses natural light such as the full color spectrum from the seasons, climate, time of day, and color temperature to light up your home.
Creative Lighting 1 This a shows light as art as it portrays a visual form of ones expression. It is an art form as it creates and produces light through the manipulation of light, colors, and shadows.
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