Lighting system for accenting regions of a layer and associated methods

A method of accenting a region of a layer using a system comprising a lighting system including a plurality of light sources operable to emit polychromatic light and a layer positioned on a surface of a structure comprising a first region having a first surface scatter profile and a second region having a second surface scatter profile, wherein light emitted by the plurality of light sources combines to form a combined light, the method comprising the steps of:

• emitting a first combined light including a first wavelength equal to a diffuse scattering wavelength of the first region and excluding a second wavelength equal to a diffuse scattering wavelength of the second region;
• diffusively scattering the first combined light from the first region;
• emitting a second combined light including the second wavelength and excluding the first wavelength;
• and
• diffusively scattering the second combined light from the second region.

A method of accenting a region of a layer comprising the steps of:

• providing a layer comprising a pseudo-random pattern having embedded therein a plurality of regions, each region having an individual surface scatter profile configured to diffusively scatter an individual light wavelength, and each region depicting one image of a sequential series of images;
• and
• emitting a sequence of polychromatic light wherein each polychromatic light includes one individual light wavelength that is diffusively scattered by one of the plurality of regions;
• wherein the sequence of polychromatic light is configured to correspond to the sequential series of images.

A system for accenting a region of a layer comprising:

• a lighting system comprising:
• a plurality of light sources;
• and
• a computerized device operably connected to each of the plurality of light source and configured to individually operate each of the plurality of light sources;
• and
• a layer configured to be applied to a surface of a structure, the layer comprising a first region and a second region, wherein each of the first region and the second region have a surface scatted profile configured to diffusively scatter a combined light including a first scattering wavelength;
• wherein the plurality of light sources comprises a first light source positioned generally adjacent to the first region and a second light source positioned generally adjacent to the second region;
• wherein light emitted by the first light source is not incident upon the second region and light emitted by the second light source is not incident upon the first region;
• wherein the computerized device is programmable to selectively operate the first light source and the second light source such that only one of the first light source and the second light source emits light comprising the first scattering wavelength at a time.