light box

Backlit viewing surface

A light box is a flat panel that emits bright, even illumination from behind a translucent surface.

Artists and designers use light boxes to trace images or examine photographic transparencies.

Therapeutic light boxes simulate daylight to treat seasonal affective disorder: I sit in front of my light box every winter morning.

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illuminator · film · x-ray film · flash · camera · negative · photographer · darkness · digital camera · backlit · viewfinder · depression · seasonal affective disorder · winter blues · lamp · UV radiation · LED · mood

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Opposites
illumination method

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Film processing chamber

projector · black box · dark room · camera obscura

therapeutic effect

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Opaque window coverings blocking light

sleep mask · sensory deprivation tank

illumination source direction

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Light-casting display device

overhead projector · slide projector

Family

lightbox

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G