Topics - Lighting

Using Lights and Colors to Create Mood and Make a Scene Visible

Lighting Basics

Lighting is very important, even to render anything.
Without any lights, the final render will be display entirely black.

It's actually comparable to a real-life stage for a play or theater.
Without any lights, it's just a dark room and the audience can't see anything. However, with the correct lighting, magic can happen.

But lighting can be much more than that too. Aside from simply "allowing a scene to be visible", lighting can play a massively important role in nearly every medium, from film and movies, to games, and more.

Warm lights can create a sense of warmth, energy, or hope.
Cold lights can create a sense of sadness, coldness, or isolation.
In general, lighting can be a primary method to provide mood to a given scene.

This can all get fairly complicated, but some of the core concepts for lighting are described below.

Or for more detailed information, please consult the Lighting Topic References section.