Fabrics 3 & 4A. The first fixture chosen was an LED lamp we had on hand. Originally labeled for under cabinet lighting, we chose to use this for our experiment in the same living room listed below. The lamp is manufactured by Shenzhen Hexinyu Tech. Co., Ltd and is labeled as HXY-120V1000A. It houses a total of 9 small LED lamps, in rows of three.
The second fixture chosen was from a ceiling fan, which uses four Sylvania incandescent bulbs -120V/25W. This ceiling fan is located in a living room with cream-colored walls, white trim, a dark red microfiber couch and wood floors and accent furniture. There are three windows that bring in natural light from South and Eastern directions, although the pictures were taken in the evening.
Part II
• record the change in color of the fabric samples by taking photographs and your subjective reactions to the appearance of colors in the different settings. Don’t use flash!
Fabric 1:
a wheat colored microfiber that can be used for covering furniture. Placing this fabric on different colored backgrounds really showed a variation in the lighting effects. First, we placed it on a wooden table directly under the ceiling fan. It took on a very warm, almost reddish tone – really picking up the reds from the table. Next, we placed the same fabric sample on a white glossy painted surface and the color appeared almost brown, hints of red but with light sage color with hints of gray.
Next, we held up the LED light next to the microfiber fabric on both surfaces. We definitely noticed how the light traveled across the fabric differently between the two light sources and surfaces.
This LED gave a accent light effect that is usually used to show importance and have something be noticed. The wrinkles in the fabric were definitely more noticeable and the fabric color, on the wooden surface, looked very greenish but washed out - almost unrecognizable from the other light source. On the white surface, the LED took on less of an accent effect and the color gradient along the fabric was less noticeable. The fabric took on a brown/canvas color and not as washed out as previously viewed.
Fabric 2:
cream-colored sheer lace-curtain panel with green, yellow, red and peach/pink colored flowers woven through it. Putting this fabric on the wooden surface, the color from the wood really made a difference in how the fabric took the light. It created a very warm, reddish color – picking up a lot of red from the wood table. The colors of the flowers appeared completely different in color and it was hard to really distinguish the various flower colors. There was absolutely no glare from the light at all onto the fabric.
When placing this lace panel onto the white surface with the LED light, we immediately noticed the glare from the light. Colors were more distinguishable in the fabric, however the light really seemed to be more intense in a certain spot and really fad off quickly across the edges. There was an overall greenish tone to the fabric with the LED lamp too.
• do you notice any aspect of Flynn’s subjective impressions?
Absolutely. The ceiling fan lamps (Sylvania incandescent 120v/25W), these are a warmer light, which would be deemed appropriate since Flynn states that, “a warm atmosphere suggests
friendliness or coziness..” this is exactly the type of atmosphere that one would generally want to create in their living room. The impression left on us from the LED lighting tones, gave us a slight uneasy feeling and was not calming.
• based upon your observations and reflections, provide recommendations for improving the lighting environment.
There is definitely a need for more various lighting fixtures in the living room studied. There is currently one other fixture in this room with a now standard fluorescent lamp giving off the equivalent of 60Watts, it leaves parts of the room darker than others. The overhead ceiling fan is usually not used for lighting because it gives off a bit of glare when trying to watch television or reading. Additional fluorescent lamp fixtures on opposite sides of the room would offer a more even, pleasing glow for gatherings or reading.
The LED fixture is not used by either group members for anything other than lighting for studio projects, however using them as under counter lighting may be successful if there were more than one lighting a counter. There is a port to attach another fixture to this one, which would create a total of 18 small LED lamps shining down on a counter, and that would be successful counter lighting provided that the counter was not an ultra shiny material or a polished granite which could create more glare than desired. Overhead lighting would also give a more accurate account of food colors when prepping meals.
The second fixture chosen was from a ceiling fan, which uses four Sylvania incandescent bulbs -120V/25W. This ceiling fan is located in a living room with cream-colored walls, white trim, a dark red microfiber couch and wood floors and accent furniture. There are three windows that bring in natural light from South and Eastern directions, although the pictures were taken in the evening.
Part II
• record the change in color of the fabric samples by taking photographs and your subjective reactions to the appearance of colors in the different settings. Don’t use flash!
Fabric 1:
a wheat colored microfiber that can be used for covering furniture. Placing this fabric on different colored backgrounds really showed a variation in the lighting effects. First, we placed it on a wooden table directly under the ceiling fan. It took on a very warm, almost reddish tone – really picking up the reds from the table. Next, we placed the same fabric sample on a white glossy painted surface and the color appeared almost brown, hints of red but with light sage color with hints of gray.
Next, we held up the LED light next to the microfiber fabric on both surfaces. We definitely noticed how the light traveled across the fabric differently between the two light sources and surfaces.
This LED gave a accent light effect that is usually used to show importance and have something be noticed. The wrinkles in the fabric were definitely more noticeable and the fabric color, on the wooden surface, looked very greenish but washed out - almost unrecognizable from the other light source. On the white surface, the LED took on less of an accent effect and the color gradient along the fabric was less noticeable. The fabric took on a brown/canvas color and not as washed out as previously viewed.
Fabric 2:
cream-colored sheer lace-curtain panel with green, yellow, red and peach/pink colored flowers woven through it. Putting this fabric on the wooden surface, the color from the wood really made a difference in how the fabric took the light. It created a very warm, reddish color – picking up a lot of red from the wood table. The colors of the flowers appeared completely different in color and it was hard to really distinguish the various flower colors. There was absolutely no glare from the light at all onto the fabric.
When placing this lace panel onto the white surface with the LED light, we immediately noticed the glare from the light. Colors were more distinguishable in the fabric, however the light really seemed to be more intense in a certain spot and really fad off quickly across the edges. There was an overall greenish tone to the fabric with the LED lamp too.
• do you notice any aspect of Flynn’s subjective impressions?
Absolutely. The ceiling fan lamps (Sylvania incandescent 120v/25W), these are a warmer light, which would be deemed appropriate since Flynn states that, “a warm atmosphere suggests
friendliness or coziness..” this is exactly the type of atmosphere that one would generally want to create in their living room. The impression left on us from the LED lighting tones, gave us a slight uneasy feeling and was not calming.
• based upon your observations and reflections, provide recommendations for improving the lighting environment.
There is definitely a need for more various lighting fixtures in the living room studied. There is currently one other fixture in this room with a now standard fluorescent lamp giving off the equivalent of 60Watts, it leaves parts of the room darker than others. The overhead ceiling fan is usually not used for lighting because it gives off a bit of glare when trying to watch television or reading. Additional fluorescent lamp fixtures on opposite sides of the room would offer a more even, pleasing glow for gatherings or reading.
The LED fixture is not used by either group members for anything other than lighting for studio projects, however using them as under counter lighting may be successful if there were more than one lighting a counter. There is a port to attach another fixture to this one, which would create a total of 18 small LED lamps shining down on a counter, and that would be successful counter lighting provided that the counter was not an ultra shiny material or a polished granite which could create more glare than desired. Overhead lighting would also give a more accurate account of food colors when prepping meals.
Very thorough, I think Audra and you seem to have understanding on the assignment. Very well done. I do think that the fabric swatches should be bigger in order to understand them better.
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