Simply Light — Guide

Colours & Toggling

Sixteen colours. The illuminant blocks, slabs, and panels each come in the full standard dye palette: white, orange, magenta, light blue, yellow, lime, pink, gray, light gray, cyan, purple, blue, brown, green, red, and black. This lets you match your lighting to any colour scheme, build rainbow displays, or colour-code areas at a glance. Every colour glows at full brightness, so a red block lights an area just as strongly as a white one.

On/off toggling. A key feature of the illuminant blocks is that they can be switched between a bright, glowing state and a dim, unlit state. Interact with a block to toggle it:

On - the block glows at full brightness and lights the surrounding area.
Off - the block goes dark and stops emitting light, keeping its colour but sitting quietly until you turn it back on.

Because you can toggle blocks without breaking and replacing them, you can set the mood of a room on demand, make signs or displays that turn off, build lit and unlit sections side by side, or keep a light ready to flip on later. Unlit blocks are handy for daytime builds or areas where you want the colour without the glow.

Edge Lights

Edge lights are thin light strips that run along the edges of blocks rather than filling a whole cube. They are perfect for subtle, detailed lighting where a full glowing block would be too bright or too bulky.

They sit along the edges and borders of surfaces, so you can outline floors, frame doorways, trim furniture, and add slim accent lines to any build.
They wrap around corners and walls neatly, following the shape of your build so the strip stays continuous as it turns.
Like the other lights, they come in colours, so you can pick an edge-light tone that matches or contrasts your build.

Use edge lights to line the base of a wall, outline a path or platform, underline a counter, or add a modern glowing trim to a room. Because they are thin and hug the surface, they add light and style without dominating the space.

Tips

Use panels and slabs for hidden lighting. Thin panels and half-slabs tuck into ceilings, floors, and walls to light a room evenly without an obvious light block in view.
Colour-code your base. Give each room, floor, or storage area its own illuminant colour so you can navigate at a glance.
Line streets with lamp posts. Tall lamp posts give towns, roads, and paths a clean, consistent street-lighting look.
Trim with edge lights. Run edge lights along the base of walls or around a floor to add a modern glowing outline that reads as intentional design.
Toggle for mood. Wire whole rooms of illuminant blocks and switch them off for a dim, cozy setting or on for full brightness.
Keep mobs out. Since the lights are full-bright, a few well-placed blocks light large areas and stop hostile mobs from spawning.
Match your palette. With sixteen colours plus on/off states, pick tones that fit your build's theme instead of settling for plain torchlight.