Is it Halloween Yet?
I’m a big fan of dramatically lit homes.
And with the seasonal change, we’re heading into ever-shorter Fall days.
And yet, the technique doesn’t work all the time ” and can even backfire: especially for smaller homes, interior lighting at night can produce an (unhelpful) “Jack-o-Lantern effect.”
The (kind of) scientific explanation?
The ratio of (orange) interior lights to (white) exterior is lopsided in a small house with lots of windows, making it seem like a back-lit pumpkin.
A back-lit pumpkin, of course, is the reverse combination, i.e., interior white and exterior orange (dyslexia helps with that one).
See also, “Great Idea for Fall Listings: “Virtual Twilight.”