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In the evening, on a living room side table, Aurora is a clear glass globe with a second, speckled sphere held inside it. Lit, the inner sphere reads green through pink to amber, and the outer glass picks those colors up again around its rim.
Clear glass globe with a second, finely speckled sphere inside it
The inner sphere reads green, pink and amber at once rather than one flat color
Small square block base with the globe seated on top
Worth knowing: The color comes from the inner sphere, so what it lights nearby picks up that color rather than a neutral white.
A globe inside a globe
The outer sphere is clear and a second, smaller sphere sits inside it with a finely speckled surface. That is what makes the light behave the way it does. The inner sphere carries the color, the outer one refracts it, and the object keeps depth instead of flattening into a colored ball.
Not a bulb you look past
Most lamps put a shade between you and the light. This one does the opposite and makes the light source the thing on the table, which is why the colors sit soft rather than saturated.
Product details
Materials
Glass globe on a square block base
Light
Light sourceGlobe included
Installation
MountingFree-standing
Where it works
Living room
On a side table beside the sofa once the overhead light is off.
Bedside
A small colored light left on low at night.
Shelf
Among books or plants, where the globe has something plain behind it.
Hallway
A single point of colored light on a console.
What colors are visible?
In the supplier photograph the inner sphere shows green, pink and amber together, and the outer glass picks those colors up again around its rim.
What is the light like?
It is a color light rather than a white one. The inner sphere carries the color and the outer glass refracts it, so the globe keeps some depth instead of reading as one flat colored ball.
Where should it go?
A side table, a shelf or a nightstand, where the globe has something plain behind it.