Wendy Luedtke, Author at Rosco Spectrum

Wendy Luedtke served as Rosco's Product Manager for Color and Lighting Products from the mid-2000's to the mid-2010's. As a seasoned lighting designer with theatre, live event, fashion and architectural experience, an Adjunct Instructor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and the Chair of the Color Committee for the Illuminating Engineering Society, she brought her passion for colored light to each Spectrum blog that she wrote.

Author Archives: Wendy Luedtke

How Subtractive Color Mixing Works

Lighting 101: Wendy Luedtke, Rosco’s color expert, explains subtractive color mixing using her favorite tool – a full-color glass gobo.

Entertainment Lighting Wendy Luedtke April 28, 2016 Questions?

How To Properly Choose A Color Filter

In a world of ever-evolving light sources, learn how to properly use your swatch book to choose color filters for the fixtures you’re using.

Entertainment Lighting Wendy Luedtke April 12, 2016 Questions?

Lighting That Is “Achingly Beautiful and Incredibly Violent”

Lighting Designer Kate Leahy used Rosco gobos and gels to create the achingly beautiful and incredibly violent atmosphere for the play ‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde’.

Entertainment Lighting Wendy Luedtke December 8, 2015 Questions?

Revealing Subtle Warmth With Bastard Ambers

Adam Murdoch put several of Rosco’s Bastard Ambers to work warming his stage as his lighting designs filled the voids of the other minimized production-elements in “Stripped-Back Shakespeare” at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.

Entertainment Lighting Wendy Luedtke November 17, 2015 Questions?

Russian Inspiration From The Bolshoi & Blade Runner

Thanks to the Sochi Olympics, the eyes of the world are getting a glimpse into Russia’s culture and heritage. Just as Bob Costas and Mary Carillo might introduce us to Russian culture in their broadcasts, we thought we’d share some insights with you into Russian theatre. Damir Ismagilov, chief lighting designer for the Bolshoi Theatre…

Entertainment Lighting Wendy Luedtke February 20, 2014 Questions?

Rosco myColor: Prepare to Get Your Color On!

As Rosco’s Color Product Manager, I am both a working lighting designer, and a self-professed color geek. That’s why I am so excited to announce our new web tool, Rosco myColor. I have personally been using myColor every single day since we got it running in our super-secret internal beta testing lab. Every. Single. Day…

Entertainment Lighting Wendy Luedtke August 28, 2012 Questions?