Lighting is the best way in which one can add grace and drama to a place. Gone are the days when lighting was used as an essential; it has become a luxury now. We no longer add lighting just for the sake of adding visibility. Somtimes tattoos are harmful for health. It can make a big difference to our interior. More than five centuries back, Desiderius Erasmus said "Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself." What he said then, is equally true even now. |
Common lighting terms
- Accent Lighting
- A type of light which focuses on only one direction. It can be used to highlight a specific area such as a painting or a sculpture.
- Ambient Lighting
- It is commonly called as general lighting. It does not lights up a particular spot but is used for non-specific illumination.
- Aperture
- Opening of a fixture through which light comes out.
- Built-In Lighting
- Built-in lighting means that kind of lighting equipment which is automatically fitted into bookshelves, dressing tables etc.
- Bulb
- Common term for an incandescent lamp.
- Candlepower
- Luminous intensity equivalent to burning of one candle.
- Ceiling Fixtures
- These are attached to ceiling and provide lighting mainly in the subways, pathways, lobby etc.
- Chandeliers
- They are a kind of lighting fixtures but they are much decorative and are hanged on the ceiling. It can be fitted with down lights, dimmers etc.
- Decorative Bulbs (D)
- They are incandescent lamps that are available in multiple colors and shapes/sizes.
- Direct Lighting
- Lighting that falls its light in the downward direction. In most of the lights, they render at least 90% of their light in the downward direction.
- Direct-Indirect Lighting
- In this kind of arrangement, light comes from up and down. This type of light is not harsh on the eyes. It is mainly used as pendant lights, wall brackets and wall valances.
- Downlights
- Downlights is commonly used to refer to recessed downlights.
- Floodlights
- Floodlights give an over all balanced kind of light. It is used in homes and offices aswell.
- Fluorescent Lamps
- These lamps function with the help of an electric arc inside a gas-filled tube.
- Halogen Lamp
- It is an advanced form of Incandescent lamp, the only difference being that it is filled with halogen gas .
- It produces a better quality of light and has a longer life span.
- Incandescent Lamp
- It is the ordinary bulb that we use at home. It produces light with the help of a wire filament.
- Indirect Lighting
- Lighting which throws light in the upward direction. It can be used for landscape lighting as well as home use.
- Neon Lamp
- Low pressure bulbs which function at a very high voltage. It is mainly used for decoration and advertising
- such as making signboards.
- Pendant Lights
- Pendant lights can be a good replacement of table lamps. They hand from the ceiling providing task lighting. It can also havew general lighting and dimmer.
- Spot Lamp
- It focuses light on a specific spot and has a narrow light distribution.
- Volt
- Unit of electrical force or pressure.
- Wall Grazing
- A lighting technique where the light falls down from the wall. If done on a rugged surface, it will lead to a grazing effect.
- Watt
- A unit of electrical power.
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Lighting has always been with us, paradoxically, like our own shadows and has helped perform our work more easily,made us feel comfortable and relaxed to say the least. In fact, our own eyes desert us when there is no light. It can change our lives like no other decorative article.
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