U shaped kitchen illumination - Help!

6 years ago

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Hi all! I would really appreaciate any help to choose the right lighting schema for my kitchen.
It's a U shaped kitchen, 3 mts. wide x about 5 long.

I made this: each colour is a different light and the switches for each circuit are shown in the picture too.

Red and orange are under cabinet lights, green and blue are recessed led, yellow i still don't know (I was thinking about something like these two:
https://www.lightingcompany.co.uk/smart-light-nele-led-rise-and-fall-pendant-bar-light-p12710 or https://www.lightingcompany.co.uk/the-lighting-book-cuisine-small-modern-led-flush-tube-ceiling-light-white-p5250) and purple goes above the dinning area:

https://www.wayfair.co.uk/Dar-Lighting-Gaucho-1-Light-Bowl-Pendant-DLI4356.html?piid=13678183#readmoremodal1

The cabinets are shaker white painted and the worktops are wooden. The ceilings are quite hight (about 3.5 meters high)

What do you think? Too much light?
I'm in doubt about having two pendant lights (yellow and purple) or if I have to go with all recessed and leave only the purple one as pendant.
Help!

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