lighting plants in green

[benweblight]

what colour should I use to light bushes/trees, I though green on green might be good? lee122?

[the kid]

Do you meen L112 or L122 because in my swatch I only have L122/

[Stu]

Lee 112 doesn't exist from what I can remember.

 

There are loads of greens you could use. How about L121 (Lee Green), 122 (Fern Green), 124 (Dark Green), 138 (Light Green), 139 (Primary Green), 322 (Soft Green), 323 (Jade) or 325 (Mallard Green). There are even more than these - Rosco (say #89) or GAM could be used too.

 

Or even using complimentry colours might look good, just off the top of my head L118, L119 or O/W would look good too.

 

The trick is to try them out and see what you like, after all it's your design.

 

Stu

[robloxley]

Outdoors, I like the coloured 400W metal halide discharge lamps, and quite like trees uplit in the green from one side and blue from the opposite side.

[benweblight]

ok, ill try that, I can only get b&q floods on budget though

[Brian]

Outdoors, I like the coloured 400W metal halide discharge lamps, and quite like trees uplit in the green from one side and blue from the opposite side.

I quite like them heavily backlit from below if you can hide the lantern so it's not in peoples eyes. On a misty evening it's very dramatic. I tend to use 201/202.

 

Also, it's worth playing with the gels. Many plants, although they look green, have some other colour pigments in the foliage and will pick up all sorts of colours. In florists they often use a special florescent tube with a colour designed to bring out foliage (and you can alos buy tubes designed for butchers with a colour designed to make meat look attractive).

[robloxley]

Outdoors, I like the coloured 400W metal halide discharge lamps, and quite like trees uplit in the green from one side and blue from the opposite side.

I quite like them heavily backlit from below if you can hide the lantern so it's not in peoples eyes. On a misty evening it's very dramatic. I tend to use 201/202.

Also, it's worth playing with the gels.

I was meaning more the ones that have the lamps doped to give off a particular colour rather than white - think they come in green, blue, pink and orange.