How to Harness the Power of Colourful Bathroom Lights
Totally transform the whitest of bathrooms with everything from a relaxing pastel wash to a mood-enhancing multicoloured light show
Colour and light can have a powerful effect on our moods at home and experimenting with washes of colour is a great way to bring a certain feel or atmosphere to a scheme. The bathroom is the perfect place to play with coloured light – it adds a real wow factor to a small space. See how these brave homeowners have brought colour into their homes.
Try the unexpected
Sometimes all it takes is a strip of coloured lighting in an unexpected place to lift a plain bathroom into a designer space. This pea green glow takes these cabinets from so-so to sensational.
Sometimes all it takes is a strip of coloured lighting in an unexpected place to lift a plain bathroom into a designer space. This pea green glow takes these cabinets from so-so to sensational.
Create interesting shadow play
A sensuous, egg-shaped bath is made all the more spectacular with a series of uplighters embedded in the floor. Remember to employ the services of a qualified electrician – really important in a space where lights and water meet!
A sensuous, egg-shaped bath is made all the more spectacular with a series of uplighters embedded in the floor. Remember to employ the services of a qualified electrician – really important in a space where lights and water meet!
Pick the perfect hue
Different colours suit different moods and times of day. Colour-changing rain showers often come with a pre-set sequence of coloured lighting, with the option of stopping on a specific hue if you want to reap the benefits for longer.
Browse tips for brightening your bathroom
Different colours suit different moods and times of day. Colour-changing rain showers often come with a pre-set sequence of coloured lighting, with the option of stopping on a specific hue if you want to reap the benefits for longer.
Browse tips for brightening your bathroom
Highlight with subtle colour
A stimulating wash of violet light is said to encourage creativity and thinking power. Who’d have thought you could boost your brain cells while cleaning your teeth?
A stimulating wash of violet light is said to encourage creativity and thinking power. Who’d have thought you could boost your brain cells while cleaning your teeth?
Max the effect
Shiny, reflective materials will bounce coloured lighting around a room for maximum impact. Mix different colours, sequences and sources for a compelling light show.
Shiny, reflective materials will bounce coloured lighting around a room for maximum impact. Mix different colours, sequences and sources for a compelling light show.
Bring in small accents
Coloured lighting is decorative as well as therapeutic, and a glow of rainbow hues in a line of cubbyhole storage will create bold accents in an otherwise neutral bathroom. Orange, incidentally, is a happy colour and brilliant for lifting you out of the doldrums…
Would you incorporate coloured lights in your bathroom? Tell us about your favourite styles in the Comments below.
Coloured lighting is decorative as well as therapeutic, and a glow of rainbow hues in a line of cubbyhole storage will create bold accents in an otherwise neutral bathroom. Orange, incidentally, is a happy colour and brilliant for lifting you out of the doldrums…
Would you incorporate coloured lights in your bathroom? Tell us about your favourite styles in the Comments below.
The clean, coastal feel of this linear, trough-like basin is enhanced by the bright turquoise lighting within. It adds an extra pop of colour (and intrigue) to this already stylish fixture.
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