If you don’t already know, white and black aren’t considered as colours. #saywhat Even so, they’re so regularly used in our light fixtures along with legit colours like gold, silver, and brown. While all those are fine colours and non-colours, there lies a huge dormant designing potential in light fixtures that aren’t of the conventional shades. Experiment with blues, greens, reds… colours we don’t even know about! Imagine what difference one colour change can make to your space: it can take you from a broody and serious space to a space bursting with excitement and enthusiasm! Too much? We don’t think so. So be generous and give your space the face lift it has always wanted by adding coloured light fixtures!
ONE :: Colour Palette
Obviously the first point we’ll be diving into is colour since this entire article will be about colour. Before you go out in search of a coloured light fixture to add to your space (or you can always visit Screed <LINK> from the comforts of your home), you must first have an idea of what sort of colour palette you’ll be using. A step in the direction towards coloured lighting is to choose a colour palette that compromises of colours beyond the monochromatic spectrum. You’re spoilt for choice so don’t come telling us there ain’t nothing you like. We just ain’t buying that.
Pastels
Safe colours to go with are pastels – they are muted, tame and do not demand your attention. There is really nothing wrong in being safe, in fact, pastels are also easy to work with! They are currently the commercial market’s favourite palette as the Scandinavian trend is all the rage. Adding pastel to any space makes it instantly brighter and fresher than before.
We love pastel light fixtures as well! That’s why we have the mint green GUNDA Coloured Industrial Street Lamp and the pastel blue BODIL Single Tulip Wall Lamp.
Accent
Integrate your coloured light fixture into your environment, you have to support it with various accents of the same or similar colour. This can be a painting (DIY opportunity!), surrounding furniture or ornaments lying around your space. Whatever they are, these different components will pull your coloured light fixture into the picture in some kind of colour solidarity.
If you like the pot-lid light in the middle, here’s a similar light you might dig.
Wall Colours
Another way to weave your coloured light fixture into your space is by going all out and adopting the colour of choice on our walls. Straightforward, easy and way more convenient than going shopping for accessories from a specific colour palette. Of course, you mustn’t go for a shade that is too close to the actual colour of your light fixture otherwise it might just be swallowed by the wall. A way of getting out of that mess is to look into wallpapering your walls. The patterns and designs of the wallpaper will definitely single out the light fixture that has its own design. Certainly, choose a wallpaper design that captures some of the colours on the light fixture for it to look cohesive!
Love the hanging lamps in the middle? Yes? You love the CILLA Spongecake Icing Hanging Lamp or the BRIGIT Castles in the Sky Tower Hanging Lamp. Also, you can find a similar green pot-lid lamp in our store over here.
TWO :: Children’s Room
This is where you can go Mad Hatter crazy! There is no questioning that a child’s room should be erupting with a cacophony of colours to stimulate their creativity and imagination – it makes them happy too! You don’t have to be too careful or conservative with your choices. So those that are design-crippled will have no worries in this space! Other than having coloured furnishing and wacky walls, add on to the fun with colour lighting!
A creative idea is to use a sun motif (left) for the light fixture to mimic the sun, this helps simulate a little world for the child in his or her own room. The coloured cages in the middle picture are a fun and interesting idea to explore for the child’s room. However, such light fixtures will be great for rooms with high ceiling as it might pose as a hazard for children. If you want to take that up a notch you can embellish your cage light fixture with pompoms and pretty ribbons as seen in the rightmost picture.
Other whacky yet chic light fixtures you can check out are the SELMA Rainbows in My Life Lamp and the KETTIL Customisable Spider Web Creative Lamp.
THREE :: Tinted Glass
If pastels aren’t your thing, try out tinted glass fixtures. These light fixtures offer a little colour to your space without being too explicit about it. As such, you are given the opportunity to mix and match a variety of colours. You can easily adopt a Moroccan or Arabian vibe with the help of a few intricately designed tinted glass light fixtures. If you can’t find tinted glass of any sort, you can always DIY tint and existing glass light fixture. Here’s a great post by The Design Folder that guides you through self-tinting clear glass.
You can also DIY your light fixtures if you do not find a style that you like. Woon Blog has a beautiful DIY glass jar pendent light making use of the common glass jar and perhaps an Edison bulb fixture. If you think standing lamps are more suitable for your space, you can check out Dream a Little Bigger’s post on Mason Jar Luminaries.
If you’ll be DIYing the glass jar pendent lamps, you’ll definitely need Edison Bulb light fixtures! We’ve got you covered. Head on over here.
FOUR :: Theme
Before you decide on the colour palette, you’ll probably be thinking of the theme. Instead of going for a generic light fixture, why not go for one that will help you bring across your theme more clearly? Colours are a great way of representing something without being too literal and they’re amazing mood changers! To accompany your Scandinavian themed room, you would probably opt for a soft pastel colour for that peaceful and slow ambiance. On the other hand, you can install a bright red coloured light fixture at the foreground of a bare brick wall to bring across the total industrial vibe.
You don’t even have to have a theme to choose coloured lighting! Take a look at how the following space uses aqua coloured wall lights to bring out the water element in the bathroom? Amazing, ain’t it?
There you go! Four brief but very useful points to bear in mind when shopping for your coloured lights. We hope this article has convinced you to inject a little colour into places you never dared ventured to before! We love how the different spaces in this post got creative with the colours they have! For HDB owners, experiment with various colours to help you brighten and widen your space. Set your apartment apart from the rest with amazing and unique colours – we’re pretty sure people will be gaping at your interiors whenever they walk by.
