Interior Design Lighting

What are the three categories of light?

• General

  Task

  and

  Accent/Decorative

• Ambient

  Task

  an

  Uplighting

• Footcandles

  Ambient

  and

  Natural LIght

• Incandescent Light

  Halogen

  and

  LED LIghting

This light is more similar to that of sunlight.

• Incandescent

• Halogen

• Task lighting

• Compact Fluorescent Bulbs (CFL’s)

A type of light made of a silicone “chip” of crystals about the size of a grain of salt with bulbs that provide about 100,000 hours of light.

• Incandescent light

• Fiber optics

• Task lighting

• LED - Light emitting diode

A type of light that flows through hair-fine strands of glass tubes. Emits no heat and no ultraviolet light – used for museum lighting.

• Incandescent

• LED

• Fiber Optics

• Halogen

A colorless, odorless, rare gaseous element used in illuminated signs and lights

• Fiber Optics

• Neon

• LED

• General lighting

Example of a structural light

• a lamp

• recessed lighting

• a floor lamp

• task lighting

An example of a portable light fixture...

• Chandelier

• Floor lamp

• recessed lighting

• flush mount fixture

Draw an example of a chandelier.

Draw an example of a flush mount light fixture.

Describe ambient light.