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LIGHT
A scheme is three decisions before it is a fitting.
Lighting is chosen from a catalogue and designed from a scheme. The four questions below belong to the scheme, and each one rules fittings in or out.
- What is being lit
- A surface, a task or a room, because each needs a different beam and a different output
- What colour the light is
- Because a warm and a neutral fitting in one room read as a mistake
- What will be seen
- Because the fittings in the field of view decide the glare, not the output
- What is on the surfaces
- Because colour rendering decides how timber, fabric and skin read under the light
Where each decision comes from
| Decision | What it sets | What it costs to get wrong |
|---|---|---|
| Colour temperature | How warm or neutral the room reads | Two fittings side by side that visibly disagree |
| Beam angle | How many fittings a surface needs | A hot spot, or a wall of fittings to cover the same area |
| Colour rendering | How materials read under the light | Timber that looks grey and fabric that looks flat |
| Recess or glare control | Whether the source is visible | A room that is uncomfortable although it is bright enough |
The expensive mistake.
Choosing by output. Lumens are a quantity, and a room can have enough light and still be uncomfortable, because the light is in the wrong place or the wrong colour.
And the one that looks harmless.
Mixing colour temperatures between rooms that are seen together. Each room is defensible on its own and the pair is not.