Colored Glass Pendant Light – Green, Purple or Amber Shade
A pendant with a colored glass shade in Green, Purple or Amber. Purple is the rarest of the three in lighting glass and it behaves differently from the others: it absorbs more of the middle of the spectrum, so the light passing through it arrives dimmer and cooler than an equivalent amber or green shade would deliver.
Color in glass is added to the melt rather than applied over the surface, so it runs through the full thickness of the shade and cannot fade, scratch off, or shift tone in sunlight the way a coated or painted shade eventually does. The depth of color also varies slightly with the thickness of the glass, so the shade is darker at the rim, where the glass is thickest, and lighter across the crown.
It suits a dining table, a hallway or a stairwell, and it works best as one of several light sources rather than as the only one — a strongly colored pendant sets the color of everything beneath it if nothing else is lighting the room.
- Shade: Colored glass
- Colors: Green, Purple, Amber
- Form: Pendant light
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Purple Behaves Differently
Purple is the rarest of the three in lighting glass and it does not act like the others. It absorbs more of the middle of the spectrum, so light passing through arrives dimmer and cooler than an equivalent amber or green shade would deliver.
Color In The Melt
Color is added to the melt rather than applied over the surface, so it runs through the full thickness of the shade. It cannot fade, scratch off, or shift tone in sunlight the way a coated or painted shade eventually does.
Thickness Changes The Depth
Depth of color varies slightly with the thickness of the glass, so the shade is darker at the rim, where the glass is thickest, and lighter across the crown. That gradient is a consequence of the making, not a printed effect.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does Purple compare with the others?
It absorbs more of the middle of the spectrum, so the light coming through arrives dimmer and cooler than the same source behind an amber or green shade of comparable size.
Can the color fade in sunlight?
No. Color is added to the melt and runs through the full thickness of the glass, so there is no coating to fade, scratch off, or shift tone the way a painted shade would.
Why is the shade darker at the bottom?
Because depth of color follows the thickness of the glass, and the glass is thickest at the rim. Across the crown, where it thins out, the same color reads noticeably lighter.
Can it be the only light in a room?
It works best as one of several sources. A strongly colored pendant sets the color of everything beneath it if nothing else is lighting the room around it.
Where does it suit?
A dining table, a hallway or a stairwell. Somewhere with other light available, so the colored output reads as an addition rather than as the whole character of the space.
