Rim light: a bright line on the metal edge

A metal space where forms are defined by edge lighting. The overall illumination is extremely low, with metal volumes almost melting into darkness. Only their edges are brought out by a sharp bright line from a linear light strip hidden nearby: the front edge of a bar counter, the edge of a step, the side of a partition. These lines float in the dark, outlining the geometry of the space. Avoid: illuminating the space too brightly, which negates the effect of edge lighting; using light strips that are too wide, turning them into surfaces; stacking edge lights in multiple locations, making it cluttered; letting the color of the edge light conflict with the main light.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個以邊緣光定義形體的金屬空間。整體照度極低,金屬量體幾乎融進黑暗;只有它們的邊緣被一道藏在旁邊的線性光帶出一條銳利的亮線:吧檯檯面的前緣、階梯的邊、隔屏的側面。這些線在暗中漂浮,勾出空間的幾何。避免:把空間照亮讓輪廓光失效、使用過寬的光帶變成面、在多個位置堆疊輪廓光變得雜亂、讓輪廓光的顏色與主光衝突。