TYPES OF LIGHTS:-

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CLIMATOLOGY
Accent lighting focuses light on a particular area or
object.[1] It is often used to highlight art or other artifacts.[2]
 Common types of accent lights include wall sconces, 
floodlights, recessed lights, torchère lamps, or 
track lighting. The brighter light from the accent lamp
creates visual interest to a room. Accent lights may also
be used in practical applications to shine light on a
stairway, such as in movie theaters, or to light walkways.
Some accent lights aren't made to shine on a particular
object, but are themselves a piece of art with a self-
contained light source. Often made with Tiffany glass,[3]
 these serve as a piece of functional decor for a home.
Accent lights can also be used outdoors as guides for
pathways or to spotlight garden art.
task lighting refers to increasing illuminance to better
accomplish a specific activity. However, the illuminance
level is not the only factor governing visibility. Contrast is
also important, and a poorly positioned light source may
cause contrast reduction, resulting in loss of visibility. The
most important purpose of task lighting in the office is not
increasing illuminance, but improving contrast. General
lighting can be reduced because task lighting provides
focused light where needed
LEDs are incorporated into bulbs and fixtures for general
lighting applications. Small in size, LEDs provide unique
design opportunities. Some LED bulb solutions may
physically resemble familiar light bulbs and better match
the appearance of traditional light bulbs. Some LED light
fixtures may have LEDs built in as a permanent light
source. There are also hybrid approaches where a non-
traditional “bulb” or replaceable light source format is
used and specially designed for a unique fixture. LEDs
offer a tremendous opportunity for innovation in lighting
form factors and fit a wider breadth of applications than
traditional lighting technologies.
A fluorescent lamp, or fluorescent tube, is a low-
pressure mercury-vapor gas-discharge lamp that uses 
fluorescence to produce visible light. An electric current in
the gas excites mercury vapor, which produces short-
wave ultraviolet light that then causes a phosphor coating
on the inside of the lamp to glow. A fluorescent lamp
converts electrical energy into useful light much more
efficiently than an incandescent lamp. The typical 
luminous efficacy of fluorescent lighting systems is 50–100
lumens per watt, several times the efficacy of
incandescent bulbs with comparable light output. For
comparison, the luminous efficacy of an incandescent bulb
may only be 16 lumens per watt.
Neon lighting consists of brightly glowing, electrified
glass tubes or bulbs that contain rarefied neon or other
gases. Neon lights are a type of cold cathode 
gas-discharge light. A neon tube is a sealed glass tube
with a metal electrode at each end, filled with one of a
number of gases at low pressure. A high potential of
several thousand volts applied to the electrodes ionizes
 the gas in the tube, causing it to emit colored light. The
color of the light depends on the gas in the tube. Neon
lights were named for neon, a noble gas which gives off a
popular orange light, but other gases and chemicals are
used to produce other colors, such as hydrogen (red), 
helium (yellow), carbon dioxide (white), and mercury
 (blue). Neon tubes can be fabricated in curving artistic
shapes, to form letters or pictures. They are mainly used
to make dramatic, multicolored glowing signage for
advertising, called neon signs, which were popular from
the 1920s to 1960s and again in the 1980s.
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