artificial lighting
Manmade light sources
Artificial lighting is illumination produced by human-made sources rather than the sun, moon, or stars.
The term encompasses everything from candles and oil lamps to electric bulbs and LEDs.
The gallery's artificial lighting was designed to protect the paintings from UV damage.
The phrase often implies a contrast with natural light: The basement office had only artificial lighting.
- light bulbElectric illumination source
- sodium vaporGas discharge lighting type
- LEDSemiconductor that glows
- energy efficientUsing minimal power
- filamentVery thin thread
light pollution · neon · mercury vapor · kerosene lamps · ballast · tungsten · jet lag · incandescent · arc lamp · fluorescent · gas lamps · halogen · warm glow · lumens · dimmer switch · light switch · buzzing · ambient
- MannerismEl Greco, Tintoretto, stylization, artificiality, Vasari
- space biologymicrogravity, bioastronautics, life support, space stations, cosmic radiation
light source origin
artificial lightingnatural light
Illumination from the sun
sunlight · daylight · natural lighting · moonlight · starlight