Which is better, the living room downlight or the spotlight?

Whether it's a downlight or a spotlight, the choice and arrangement of these two lamps are not as simple as putting a lamp on the main lamp lighting. Illumination, color temperature, index, beam angle, glare and other factors affect the final presentation of home lighting effect. Once the selection and layout are wrong, it will not only be difficult to achieve the expected effect, but also make people feel uncomfortable, which is why some people are willing to pay 200/ 200 for a lighting designer to do the design.

This small series will give you a simple science popularization on downlights and spotlights, and make a reference for friends who have decoration needs.

1. How to distinguish downlights from spotlights, and what are their basic functions?

1, downlight:

Downlight is direct floodlight with adjustable lighting angle. Beam angles are usually relatively large, including 50, 70,100 and120. Equipped with soft light diffuser, it mainly provides bright and comfortable light for the whole space. In modern home lighting, it is generally used for basic lighting or auxiliary lighting, such as living rooms, corridors, balconies and other places.

2. spotlight:

In home lighting, the spotlights used are rail spotlights and magnetic spotlights, but the ceiling lamps are the most.

Ceiling spotlights have a relatively small illumination range because of their small beam angle and concentrated light. Common beam angles are 15, 24, 36. It is suitable for highlighting a single object by irradiation. Therefore, it is generally used to highlight accent lighting or decorative lighting, such as painting and decorative lighting in living rooms or corridors. Decorative lighting of the bedroom, etc.

In order to highlight the layering of the lighting environment and create an atmosphere, some users choose beam angle spotlights with large angles for independent lighting of coffee tables and work areas. From the pursuit of uniform lighting in Yi Deng to illuminate the whole space in the past, to the pursuit of layering of light in present life, the creation of atmosphere is focused, and it is necessary to control the light more accurately. At this time, the role of the spotlight is highlighted. Spotlight can control light through different beam angles, which is quite effective.

Second, take the living room to see the different layout of the downlight.

The living room belongs to the largest area in the home space, which is divided into sofa background wall lighting, TV wall lighting, coffee table or central leisure area lighting and so on. Let's talk about the overall environmental plate first. Under the premise of main lighting or basic lighting, spotlight can be used for local lighting, and downlight is recommended for main lighting and basic lighting environment.

When painting and decorating the TV wall and sofa background wall, use spotlights. Moreover, when using spotlights, you must choose not to compare too much with the ambient lighting. Comparing the illumination of ambient light with that of spot area, it is better not to exceed 300lm, that is, when the ambient illumination is 150lm, it is more appropriate to wash the wall spot at about 450lm. If it exceeds this illumination, you will feel very eye-catching. If it exceeds 500lm, you will even feel dazzling and uncomfortable.

In front of the line of sight, such as the TV wall area, it is recommended to use anti-glare spotlights. Sitting on the sofa without anti-glare tube spotlights is like watching a few small suns, which will make people feel uncomfortable. It is estimated that such a light will not light up after several turns on.

Of course, you should use spotlights with adjustable angles, such as track lamps, surface-mounted spotlights and embedded spotlights with adjustable angles, and hit the nail on the head on the items that need to be displayed, such as TV sets and sofa paintings. You can also avoid looking directly at the line of sight.

In the living room area, if a closed ceiling is used, you must pay attention to the distance between the opening and the wall when choosing the downlight. If it is less than 20cm, light spots will appear, especially the floodlight downlight of 120.