Lighting

Colored lamps may be outside coated (for indoor use only), inside coated or enameled or natural colored (amber, blue, green, ruby only). Frosting diffuses light. White coated bulbs give better diffusion, but lose 15 percent of the light.

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The type of bulb you use will affect the color scheme, in as much as colors do not appear the same under artificial light as they do in daylight. Incandescent lights are warm and emphasize the warm colors-reds, yellow, etc.

Under incandescent light, blues present special decorating problems. Dark walls look richer under incandescent light.

Fluorescent light tends to intensity the cooler colors-blues, green, etc. The fluorescent lights are made in various colors to give three variations of this hard white light.

A daylight fluorescent lamp is blue-white, is hard on colors but gives good illumination to blend with daylight. It is most often recommended for use in the kitchens.

The “3500 white” is the most efficient in terms of lighting, but gives great emphasis to greens and blues, tend to give skin a greenish look. The soft white has some red in the light and should be used when any decorative effect is desired.