Default lighting on gray specular sphere:

Neutral lighting on gray specular sphere:

Directional light from the top of the specular surface:

Specify lighting for each object:

Predefined colored lighting:

The colored lighting is equivalent to the following explicit setting:

Predefined accent lighting:

The accent lighting is equivalent to the following explicit setting:

Predefined neutral lighting:

The neutral lighting is equivalent to the following explicit setting:

Predefined three-point lighting:

The three-point lighting is equivalent to the following explicit setting:

Specify lighting for each object:

Specify lighting within the graphics:

If not specified, the target direction is given toward the center of the objects:

Specify diffuse and specular colors separately for both objects and lights:

Set up four white spheres on a plane:

Directional light:

Point light:

Spotlight:

Different light instruments at the corner points:

Build a scene with multiple objects and light sources:

Animate the spotlights:

Surface color and lighting interact with each other:

Diffuse object and lighting colors can be exchanged and produce the same effect:

Specular object and lighting colors can be exchanged and produce the same effect:

Specularity gives mirror-like reflection:

The final color is a linear combination of all the surface colors as well as lighting:

Directional light yields rays parallel to the specified direction:

Point light yields rays toward all the directions from the position:

A spotlight emits conic rays toward the specified direction:

The default lighting may not be suitable for light surface colors:

Neutral lighting can be used to reflect surface colors more naturally:

If a color function is given to a plot, then neutral lighting is used automatically:

Restore the default colored lighting:

Flat surfaces may show little or no reflection:

A spotlight on a sphere may display a jagged boundary:

Increasing the spot exponent may reduce the effect:

Inline Lighting directives specifying light sources add those sources to any inherited specification:

Set LightingNone on the graphic to override the default LightingAutomatic setting:

Similarly, a sequence of Lighting{s₁,…} specifications cumulatively adds the lights together:

Use list braces to ensure the lighting specification does not leak into subsequent specifications:

Random light setups for ring models:

A simple light show: