Smart Lighting at danholt stands for selected lighting solutions from SORAA, ecosense, and Tala – from professional full-spectrum light to powerful architectural lighting to decorative filament LEDs and designer luminaires. The focus is on natural color rendering, precise light control, efficient technology, and light that visibly enhances spaces.
Smart Lighting at danholt stands for high-quality lighting solutions that combine light quality, design, color rendering and professional lighting technology. We focus on selected brands such as SORAA, ecosense and Tala.
That depends on the application. SORAA is ideal when precise color rendering and full-spectrum light are important. Tala is suitable for decorative lighting, atmosphere and design. ecosense is designed for professional architectural and project lighting.
SORAA is the right choice when natural color rendering, brilliant whites, accurate skin tones, artwork, retail displays or professional lighting quality are important.
Tala is a good fit when the focus is on atmosphere, decorative light, visible lamps, warm light and design-oriented interiors. Tala combines LED technology with a strong aesthetic character.
ecosense PRO Lighting is suitable for architectural lighting, projects, commercial spaces and applications where powerful, precise and professional lighting solutions are required.
Good color rendering determines how naturally colors, skin tones, materials, food, textiles and artworks appear under artificial light. Poor light can make rooms and objects look dull, distorted or unpleasant.
Design lighting focuses strongly on the appearance of the lamp or luminaire. Professional lighting design also considers light distribution, beam angle, color quality, glare, brightness and the intended use of the room.
Lighting advice is useful when several rooms, special objects, artworks, retail areas, offices or high-quality living spaces are involved. Good lighting should be planned, not guessed.
We are happy to advise you personally and help you find the right solution.
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#TheDress or how differences in lighting affect people's perception of colour
Choosing the right lighting for a retail shop is fundamental. Whether it's accent, ambient or general lighting, the lamps and luminaires you choose can change the way customers perceive the colour of a room, the shade of an item in a shop window, on shelves and in displays.
In the worst case scenario, for example, the colours of a striped dress could be perceived as white with gold instead of blue with black...
You don't believe it? Just such a phenomenon triggered an internet hype in 2015, which caused a furore with the hashtag #TheDress.
Rendering whites without ultraviolet radiation
In various articles here in the danholt lighting BLOG, I have explained the importance of the different TM-30 metrics and how lighting designers and users can use them as a guide.
However, TM-30 is also useful for other players in the lighting world, including manufacturers themselves. Developing a light source often means making compromises — for example, deciding whether to prioritise lumens per watt or colour rendering.
Colour enhancement based on TM30
When should we use such colour-enhancing light sources? This is an interesting question to which there is no simple answer.
First of all, we need to realise that just because something is preferred in a comparative experiment does not always make it better. Let me give an analogy here: If you serve two otherwise identical dishes, one of which contains more salt than the other, most people will favour the saltier dish. However, we certainly don't conclude from this that more salt in our food is always better!
TM-30 and colour enhancing products | SORAA Color Enhance
There are a variety of colour enhancing LED sources on the market, but as far as I can fairly judge the competitors' products, I have to say that I'm not impressed with what I've seen so far. In short, these products often have an unpleasant way of saturating colours while producing a pinkish hue of light. We are familiar with these lights from meat and sausage counters in various supermarket chains, for example.
No more pink-red islands of light, but consistent colouring with the same white point and yet the desired colour enhancement of the red tones for the counter display would be desirable. This is exactly what you can achieve with the SORAA Enhance Filter in combination with the SORAA Vivid LED.
