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Using a good color palette when do your event lighting

  

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Think of your event as if it was a canvas. Where do you want to go with it. What is the over all feeling of the piece of artwork. Does it match your style and last but not least, do the color compliment each other. Using certain colors in your decor and making them fit in with the lighting can be very important to lighting success. You don't want your event to look like you couldn't decide on a color so you randomly threw a bunch of colors together. Maybe you do. Maybe you want your event to look depict a rainbow. If that is the style of event you are going for then make sure you go all the way with it.

Think of it this way. If you are holding an event for Breast Cancer Awareness, you are going to use pink lighting. You won't see red lighting or blue lighting. The event and the color scheme needs to make sense. It needs to make sense to everyone. This means if a random person who didn't know the theme of your event walked in, they could say, "I see exactly what they are doing."

Here are the guidelines to help make your lighting successful. We have touched base on #1 and #2 already and now are discovering the matching color scheme.

1. What is the feel that I am trying to create(Warm or Cool)
2. What do I want people to see or feel when they walk into my event
3. What are the colors of everything else in the room and does it match my decor
4. How much lighting do I need
5. How is this going to effect my pictures
6. What can I do that is different

So as you read in #3 everything should have a purpose for your event. Especially your lighting. If your doing breakup lighting, it should have a purpose. If you are looking for a certain color scheme, it should also have a purpose. For a fall event, some people like to use fall leaves or gourds on their centerpieces. Make sure your lighting matches the feel of the room by using warm colors such as; amber, red tones, orange tones, Ivory, Deep yellows and so on. Stay away from the blues and greens. The lighting should feel natural to the environment.

Last but not least make sure all the lighting put together makes sense. Don't do warm surroundings and cool table lighting. Table lighting can consist of Table Spot Lighting or Table Pin Spotting, and also keep in mind that your candles are a light source as well so make sure to build off of the full lighting surrounding your event. Make sure you are doing lighting because you want to, not because your DJ is trying to make more money off of you!