# Do you prefer brightly lit rooms or dimly lit?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-brightly-lit-rooms-or-dimly-lit/639981>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 5, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-brightly-lit-rooms-or-dimly-lit/639981 "2012-11-05T18:10:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-brightly-lit-rooms-or-dimly-lit/639981/21 "2012-11-06T15:22:49Z")

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Is 160W of fluorescent lighting in a room about 4m by 4m bright?

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-brightly-lit-rooms-or-dimly-lit/639981/22 "2012-11-06T15:32:15Z")

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Sunlight when it’s out, then candles/fireplace/dimmed lights.

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**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-brightly-lit-rooms-or-dimly-lit/639981/23 "2012-11-06T17:05:11Z")

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I love natural light and I loathe artificial light, especially overhead lighting. It just makes the world look ugly and depressing and it seems to highlight any dirt or clutter. So I tend the lights off and the windows open in the day, and tolerate indirect, diffuse area lighting at night. I have a pretty large collection of artificial candles with built in timers, and when I have my way I spend most of the evening with just a few soft flickering lights.

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**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-brightly-lit-rooms-or-dimly-lit/639981/24 "2012-11-06T17:18:32Z")

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Not only do I like my rooms brightly lit, but I like to leave a light on when the TV is on. Unfortunately, the only time I ever watch TV is when I’m with someone else, and the only person I know who also likes a light on when the TV is on is my brother.

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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-brightly-lit-rooms-or-dimly-lit/639981/25 "2012-11-06T18:40:22Z")

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Adequate light. Give me enough individually controlled sources and/or dimmers so that I can chose to provide enough light when there’s something I need to see to do and to cut back on usage when I don’t. If given a straight either-or, then bright wins.

And hell yeah I watch TV with the room lit. It’s my living room, not the theatre.

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