Cafe warm low illuminance: Brightness that encourages lingering

A coffee shop from afternoon to evening, with overall low illumination and a color temperature of approximately 2700K. The light is soft and comes from dispersed sources: wall sconces, small pendant lights above the bar, shelf lights in bookshelves, and table lamps by the window. There is no strong direct ceiling light; all light sources are below human height or on walls. The brightness is sufficient for reading but does not make people feel overly illuminated. Wooden tabletops, brick walls, and fabric chairs show a warm texture under the warm light. When people sit inside, they are surrounded by a comfortable circle of warm light, while the deeper parts of the space and the ceiling are dark, creating a sense of enclosed security, thus encouraging longer stays. Avoid: using high color temperature white light, adding many ceiling recessed lights to brighten the space, making illumination uniform without layers, illuminating the ceiling brighter than the walls.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一間咖啡館的午後至傍晚,整體照度不高,色溫約 2700K,光線柔和且來源分散:牆面的壁燈、吧檯上方的小吊燈、書架的層板燈、窗邊的桌燈。沒有任何強烈的天花直射光,每一處的光都在人的高度以下或牆面上,亮度足夠閱讀但不會讓人覺得被照著。木質桌面、磚牆與布椅在暖光下顯出溫潤的質感。人坐在裡面時,身體周圍是一圈舒適的暖光,而空間的深處與天花是暗的,產生被包覆的安全感,因此願意久坐。避免:使用高色溫的白光、加裝大量天花嵌燈把空間打亮、讓照度均勻無層次、把天花照得比牆面亮。