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100 Words Every Lighting Designer Should Know

June 27, 2026

100 Words Every Lighting Designer Should Know

No. Item Definition
1. address DMX start number of fixture
2. amber warm yellow-orange lighting color
3. amperage amount of electrical current
4. backlight light from behind subject
5. ballast device regulating lamp current
6. barn doors flaps shaping light spread
7. batten horizontal bar for hanging lights
8. beam a directed stream of light
9. blackout complete loss of light
10. boom vertical pipe holding lights
11. breakup irregular gobo texture effect
12. bump sudden brief intensity increase
13. channel control number for a light
14. circuit electrical path feeding fixtures
15. clamp hardware attaching fixture securely
16. color temperature warmth or coolness of light
17. console lighting control desk
18. cool bluish light appearance
19. crossfade one cue fades into another
20. crosslight light from opposite sides
21. cue timed lighting change signal
22. cyc light fixture for lighting a cyclorama
23. diffusion material softening light output
24. dimmer device controlling light intensity
25. DMX digital lighting control protocol
26. downlight light aimed downward
27. driver electronic power control for LEDs
28. dry tech technical rehearsal without actors
29. ellipsoidal precise spotlight with shutters
30. fade gradual change in brightness
31. fader sliding control for levels
32. flag opaque panel blocking light
33. floodlight broad, unfocused powerful light
34. focus aim and sharpen a light
35. followspot movable spotlight tracking performers
36. footlight light placed at stage front
37. Fresnel soft-edged spotlight type
38. frontlight light from the front
39. frost diffusion filter softening beam
40. gel colored filter for a light
41. ghost light single safety light onstage
42. glare harsh brightness causing discomfort
43. go execute the prepared cue
44. gobo template projecting a pattern
45. grid overhead structure for rigging
46. hard edge sharply defined beam boundary
47. haze fine particles revealing beams
48. hazer machine producing fine haze
49. hotspot bright center in a beam
50. house lights lights for the audience area
51. hue basic color family
52. intensity brightness level of light
53. iris aperture narrowing beam size
54. key light main light on subject
55. lamp the light source itself
56. LED light-emitting diode fixture type
57. lens optical element shaping light
58. look overall visual lighting state
59. magenta purplish red color
60. mood emotional feeling from lighting
61. motivated justified by apparent source
62. moving light motorized automated fixture
63. pan horizontal fixture movement
64. paper tech planning rehearsal without staging
65. PAR parabolic aluminized reflector lamp
66. patch assign controls to fixtures
67. plot plan showing light positions
68. power distro system distributing electrical power
69. practical visible working light onstage
70. preset stored lighting look
71. reflector surface redirecting light output
72. rig install lighting equipment
73. rim light edge light outlining subject
74. safety cable backup cable preventing falls
75. saturation purity or richness of color
76. scrim mesh reducing light intensity
77. shutter blade cutting beam edges
78. sidelight light from the side
79. snap instant light change
80. spotlight focused light on a subject
81. stack ordered list of cues
82. striplight long multi-lamp fixture
83. submaster fader controlling grouped channels
84. tech technical rehearsal period
85. texture visual pattern made by light
86. throw distance from light to target
87. tilt vertical fixture movement
88. timing speed and placement of changes
89. top hat tube reducing fixture glare
90. toplight light from above
91. transition change between lighting states
92. truss framed support for fixtures
93. universe set of DMX control channels
94. uplight light aimed upward
95. voltage electrical potential difference
96. wash broad, even stage lighting
97. wattage amount of electrical power
98. worklight general light for setup
99. yoke bracket supporting a fixture
100. zoom adjust beam spread angle
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