Set the Mood with Today’s Smart Lighting Control
Smart Lighting Control Offers Designers and Homeowners Every Color in the Visible Light Spectrum
Do you remember the days when you flipped a switch, and the lights turned on? The light may have been soft and warm with a hint of yellow or bright white with a bluish tone. It was static and one-dimensional.
Smart lighting control has changed that, enabling homeowners to change the color of their lights with just one touch on a keypad, touchscreen, or remote. At Vision and Sound, we partner with industry leaders in lighting and smart home control, delivering cutting-edge yet easy-to-use technologies to our clients throughout Los Angeles, CA. Two of these brands are Lutron and Savant. Let’s look at what controlling your lights looks like today.
Color Tuning
Thanks to Lutron, the world’s leader in lighting control, dimmers have been around since 1961. They enable us to set the mood and adjust the level of light for the task at hand—a bright light for completing projects and dim light for relaxing at the end of the day.
Color tuning, however, transforms a space. Red, green, and blue are the primary colors in the visible light spectrum. When mixed in equal amounts, you have white. When blended in varying amounts, you create every other color.
New LED technologies allow you to blend these colors, delivering an almost infinite array of pastels and saturated hues. As a result, designers and homeowners can highlight different spaces or accent architectural features and create the perfect atmosphere for different moods and occasions.
Do you want your outdoor water features highlighted in shades of arctic blue? Done. How about accenting a wall in seafoam, shamrock, or emerald green? With one touch, you have every shade of green at your disposal.
Tunable White Light
Today’s lighting control lets you choose the color temperature, dialing in just the right shade of white. When friends and family gather to share a meal, you may want to adjust the lighting to reflect the golden glow of candlelight. If you’re enjoying time in the outdoor entertainment space, you may want the lights to reflect the color of starlight.
When you or your guests head to the bathroom for a quick touchup, tapping the “Makeup” button will turn the lights to the perfect soft white.
Savant’s TrueImage
Savant’s TrueImage app makes lighting control effortless. Snap a picture and adjust the lighting on your smartphone, then watch as the lights transform in real-time. When you have the perfect lighting for a specific event, such as entertaining or nightly dinners, simply save the scene so you can return to that particular hue and intensity any time.
Of course, sometimes the best type of control is no control at all—an automated system that changes the light throughout the day based on the available daylight and the color of the changing sun’s rays. Wake up to a soft yellow hue and wind down the day in the warm, orange-red glow of a fading sun.
At Vision and Sound, our goal is to integrate the latest smart features into your home, enabling you to instantly change your environment and control lighting, temperature, entertainment, and security from one user-friendly interface. To learn more about smart lighting control or to schedule a complimentary consultation, contact Vision and Sound today.