Depending what light fittings you have, choosing a good kind of lamp-shade can help too, I find. For lights which dangle from the ceiling, I always fit a shade which doesn't let any direct light fall downwards, so that all of the light is bounced from the ceiling. I think this helps partly because it makes the shadows around objects much softer, so that there is less contrast. Likewise with desk-lamps etc.; I aim them at the walls instead of into the room for a similar effect.
BTDT wrote:
You can also choose different color temperatures.
On a related note, an application such as f.lux (
free download for PC/Mac/Linux/iPhone/Android) can do the same thing for computer, tablet and smart-phone screens, including slowly changing the colour automatically to suit the time of day.
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