New Years Eve Lighting

Lighting plays an important role in many ways. It can help set a mood, create ambiance, and even affect our emotions. When it comes to New Year’s Eve lighting for your next bash, you can use this to your advantage in a few smart ways. Since this is a time for fun and festivities, marked by a shiny new sense of hope of the year to come, but also a lot of reflection of the year ending, there are certain goals you want your lighting to achieve. Here are a few tips on how to use lighting to set the mood for your party.

1. Lower light is better

While you want to create lighting that is lively enough for a party, the goal is to create an inviting warmth. One of the best ways to do this is with gentle lighting elements. You want to avoid using overly harsh or high output options in terms of lumens. Consider switching out your bulbs for this event with a lower output bulb to create a gentle ambiance.

2. Light by area

Depending on the type of get-together you are planning, you can choose to light by area. For instance, choosing a warmer light with lower lumen outputs in the living room where guests will linger and chat, brighter and cooler light where the food is being served, and maybe even gentle string lights and luminaires with minimal light fixtures in place for other areas to create a vibe of intimacy and warmth are all options.

3. Choose your temperature correctly

One of the easiest ways to revamp your New Year’s Eve lighting is to simply change up the temperature of the lighting solutions. If you are looking to create a warm, inviting space, opt for a cooler or more yellow-tinged color temperature. For a livelier party where you want a more alert, hyper atmosphere, opt for cool or white temperatures.

4. Get colorful

Don’t feel like you have to just stick to yellow or white light outputs. This is a holiday party after all! A great way to change things up in a festive way is to go for fun colors. Whether that means adding a colorful bulb to your fixture, a colored lens over your track lighting overhead, or some other colorful solution you have in mind, this can be a fun time to play up on those excited feelings most party goers will be feeling on this special night.