Eating with Light

Not many people notice it, but your appetite, food and lighting are all important for you to enjoy your meal, whether it is in a fastfood joint or in an upscale restaurant. Lighting in a restaurant greatly affects the diners. Good and bad lighting will greatly affect how your customer eats and how he feels good about it. That is why a lot of restaurants fancy or not, also employ a good lighting design in addition to an interesting interior design.

• Refreshing lighting
• Good ambiance pulls the customer in
• Good for business
• Customer must feel good
• Food colors must be palatable – appetizing
• Colors must be relaxing
• Casual family friendly restaurants/fast food types usually require brighter illumination
• Dramatic – date type –cozy restaurants have lower illumination
• Lighting design vs space vs ambiance
• Overall mood
• White lights or bluish white led lights makes food look pale and dry or uncooked
• Warm color lights makes food look natural and fresh