Lighting
Warm bulbs, lamps and layers of light.
3 guides
Lighting
Tool How many lumens does a room need? Light it and see Watts used to tell you how bright a bulb was; with LEDs, the number to read is the lumen. A room needs a total, and a handy way to find it… 5 min 3 picks Lighting
Explainer Which bulb cap fits your lamp? Match the socket and see A bulb can be the right brightness and the right colour and still be useless, because it will not fit the lamp. The part that decides is… 4 min 3 picks Lighting
Explainer How many lumens do you need to read by? Move a lamp and see Lamp boxes list lumens, but what matters when you read is lux: how much light reaches the page. The same bulb can feel bright or dim… 4 min 3 picks
Tool How many lumens does a room need? Light it and see Watts used to tell you how bright a bulb was; with LEDs, the number to read is the lumen. A room needs a total, and a handy way to find it… 5 min 3 picks Lighting
Explainer Which bulb cap fits your lamp? Match the socket and see A bulb can be the right brightness and the right colour and still be useless, because it will not fit the lamp. The part that decides is… 4 min 3 picks Lighting
Explainer How many lumens do you need to read by? Move a lamp and see Lamp boxes list lumens, but what matters when you read is lux: how much light reaches the page. The same bulb can feel bright or dim… 4 min 3 picks