Black Bathroom + Vanity Lights

Black Bath and Vanity Lights

When it comes to lighting a bathroom, a vanity light can be an effective option. Other popular options for lighting include wall sconces and pendants, but these types of fixtures often provide only accent lighting from a wall or downward lighting from the ceiling, which makes the layers of light in the space incomplete with dark patches remaining. A vanity light mounts to the wall above or alongside a mirror and can contain many light sources, creating a full layer of illumination throughout the room. The light sources can be traditional incandescent bulbs LEDs, small energy-efficient diodes that can hide within the fixture and allow for more creative design options due to their size. After factoring in the size of the fixture, the type of light source and the style of the fixture, what remains is an often overlooked aspect: the color of the piece. Ranging from neutral earth tones to bright and vibrant splashes, the color of the fixture can dictate the entire mood of the room, often more so than the brightness or warm coloring of the layers of light around it.

Other Considerations

Black vanity lights in particular can create a bold look in the room. The black look will attract light toward it, making the room feel darker and moodier, which may be a plus depending on the user of the room or how the rest of the room is lit and arranged. Modern black bathroom lighting may make the space feel cozier or more intimate as well, allowing the light to remain nearby, being absorbed by the black coloring rather than reflecting off of and entering the rest of the room such as with white colored fixtures. Black bathroom lighting will still provide a reflection, however, unless a matte look is established. Matte bathroom lighting reinforces the solid, earthy look as the matte style doesn’t contain reflections, but rather only a solid color.

Black vanity lights still need to be sized for the space. Like any other fixture, if it is too big or too small, it doesn’t matter what color or how many lights it has as the piece won’t work in the space.