Because it’s starting to get darker earlier, this evening for the first time since last winter, I turned on the three-way lamp in the living room. The living room’s rather large, and needs more than two ceiling lights during winter.
This was the first time I’d used this particular lamp, which I’d gotten at a garage sale last spring. I’d chosen it because it’s rather aesthetic, made of fake marble and crystal, and about as heavy as lead.
However, I forgot to pay attention to one little detail.
The “marble†and the lamp-shade are dark green, almost black.
And so now I’m wondering; what is the purpose of a lamp whose shade is so dark hardly any of the light from the bulb shines out?