The Blue Hour

Glass in the colours of the sky just after sunset, from baby blue to midnight.

Blue glass cools the light that passes through it, so it is rarely the main source in a room. It works as an object: a lamp on a dark shelf, a wall light at the end of a corridor, a pendant seen against plaster. Pair it with a warm source elsewhere so faces do not take on the colour.

Dalì overlaps layers of thermoformed glass softened by heat, and light blue gives a cool, clear wash. Munetta is a cordless dome shaded from clear to midnight blue. Stimma by Debonademeo radiates tubes of coloured blown glass from a metal hub, peacock blue among them, and Cage by Leo De Carlo comes in Cornflower and Sapphire.

For warmer glass, see The Golden Hour.