Have you ever seen a rainbow? Of course you have. That means that you’ve had a firsthand look at the full spectrum of visible light. That’s right — the red, yellow, blue, green, orange, and violet in a rainbow are actually present in every ray of sunlight. You just don’t normally see all the colors because they are combined into white light. A rainbow separates them out. Now, think about another question. Have you ever seen a rainbow indoors? Of course you haven’t! Well, why is that? Simply because the light you use indoors does not contain all those colors.

Light bulbs produce artificial light and it’s just not the same thing as the real thing. There is a way, however, to get your light bulbs to produce the full spectrum, meaning all those different colors combined together. This way is to use full spectrum lighting, sometimes just called spectrum lighting. The marvels of modern technology have made it possible to produce outdoor light indoors! This light is more natural than what you’d get from fluorescent or even incandescent bulbs. That shouldn’t be too surprising. I don’t know about you, but to me, fluorescent lighting feels really artificial, and incandescent bulbs aren’t much better. Don’t even get me started on the new LED light bulbs! Spectrum lighting is completely different.

Because it’s made up of all the colors of the spectrum, it’s just like sunlight. In our modern world, most people don’t get nearly enough sunlight. How can we? We start the day before the sun even rises, spend hours in a cramped car commuting to work, and then we work all day long indoors. If we’re lucky enough to get out of work while the sun is still in the sky, it just means we can look at it longingly while we sit in the shade of our cars for the long commute home. A lifestyle like that practically begs for the use of spectrum lighting to brighten up our days. And not just our days — with spectrum lighting, you can get a daily dose of sunlight even long after the sun has set. And it’s so easy — spectrum lighting is available in a huge array of choices.

Whether you like traditional floor lamps or modern spot lights or track lighting, they can all be adapted to use spectrum lighting. It’s a simple matter of changing out the light bulbs for ones that will produce the full spectrum. If you’re in the mood to go even more upscale, you can investigate whole lines of products designed from the first to be used in spectrum lighting applications. And if you’re lucky, maybe you’ll even see a rainbow inside the next time you mist your plants!