Frosty Effect

frosty
The frosty effect occurs when ambient light in the room illuminates the extensions while the inner surfaces illuminated from within by a different colored bulb.

If another light source such as white ambient lighting is also present in the space, the outer parts of the lamp will take on the whiteness of that lighting. This produces a "frosty" effect, which accentuates the lamp surfaces and extensions in a beautiful way. The effect is produced when the ambient lighting is more intense than the lamp lighting at the tips.

frostless
If the lamp is the only light source, the frost melts away.

Colored LEDs can create a dramatic effect. They can also be so intense that the lamp is difficult to look at. This effect happens when the lamp itself is the only light source in the space. It will emanate a single hue, affecting the entire shade area, including the tips. Because the tips are farther away, light fall-off means there will be tonal differences, despite the monochromatic color.