Children's room ceiling lights: The light that makes fun possible
When choosing the right children's room ceiling light, more aspects play a role than colour or design, regardless of whether you choose the light according to the criterion "boy or girl" when setting it up for the first time or replace the old light with a model with a motif from the latest animated film: It is always important to look for the best quality of light for the children's room. We explain what this means in this guide.
Why is LED the best choice for children's rooms?
You shouldn't even think about anything other than LED in the children's room. Neither with the children's room ceiling light nor with other children's room lights that are within easy reach of the child. Halogen lamps in table lamps, for example, often cause burnt fingers. Energy-saving lamps are completely out of the question in children's rooms due to their mercury content.
LEDs ...
- ensure optimum light quality (find out more about choosing the right LED lamp for your child's bedroom below)
- are mercury-free
- are switch-proof (if the child plays with the light switch, nothing happens to the lamp)
- save energy** even when the children's room ceiling light is on all day and night
- Thanks to the long service life, you don't have to worry about frequent bulb replacements either
How bright does the children's room ceiling light need to be?
The days when you planned so and so many watts for a room are numbered. For energy-efficient light sources such as LED lamps, consider the lumen\ value instead. This really gives information about the brightness and not just the energy consumption (watts).
To determine a good room brightness, take the square metres of the children's room and multiply this by around 140 lumens (personal light/dark preferences can increase or decrease this value). This will give you the approximate total brightness that your children's room ceiling light needs to provide.
An example: An average children's room with enough space to play and relax has an area of around 15 m². Multiplied by 140, this results in a required total brightness of 2,100 lumens. This means that for this average-sized children's room, for example, a 3-lamp children's room ceiling light with 3 light sources of 700 lumens or, for example, a 5-lamp light with 5 light sources of 400 lumens is required.
Which light is particularly cosy for children?
The children's room is the combination of all living spaces in just one room. Think about your living room and bedroom: what light do you particularly like in these rooms? Probably a ** cosy, warm** light in the living room. And in the bedroom, a light that makes your clothes appear in exactly the same beautiful colours as you bought them in the fashion shop.
As the children's room ceiling light provides the basic lighting for the room, it is particularly important to pay attention to the light quality of the light sources it contains.
Two properties of light are responsible for comfort and beautiful, vibrant colours: light colour and colour rendering. A warm white light colour of 2,700 Kelvin provides a cosy, reddish light that is wonderful for relaxing in. A colour rendering of at least Ra 80 ensures that items of clothing, but also coloured pencil drawings and handicrafts, colourful picture books and brightly coloured action figures from the latest superhero film are reproduced in a rich and vivid way.
**Children love colour and relaxation - with the right light you can fulfil this wish.
*Information on light colour and colour rendering can be found in the product details of all light sources and all luminaires that contain permanently installed LED lighting technology.
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