Interior Lighting for Designers: Design Factors

By the end of this course you will be able to: Know how humans perceive brightness and color. Know how the three elements of light—ambient light focal glow and sparkle— can be used in lighting design to evoke different responses. Understand how the direction and distribution of light affects the perception of surfaces and three-dimensional objects in a room. Know how to use the color of light in your design. Be familiar with different sources of light and their colors: incandescent sources fluorescent sources high-intensity discharge sources. Understand the importance of surface reflectance in lighting design. Know how light is measured. Know how to light vertical surfaces both matte and specular. Know how to increase the visual clarity of a space.