Lit
Lit adjective - Filled with much light.
Usage example: the coat room was just lit well enough for us to identify our jackets
Murky
Murky adjective - Being without light or without much light.
Usage example: I didn't like walking around the murky campground without a flashlight
Both words in one sentence
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His laboratory was equipped with the sophisticated tools of modern science: Jacob's Ladders, Van De Graaf generators, bulky pilot-lit cabinets, poorly-adjusted Bunsen burners, retorts bubbling with sinister chemicals, murky jars holding mutant monstrosities, strung wires with bad insulation.
Source: Mad Scientist Laboratory -
Kingdom Hearts uses this throughout the Port Royal world, with the live-action characters cast in realistic, murky, brown-and-black night tones while Sora, Donald, and Goofy remain lit so brightly and colorfully that it's like they're in the middle of the afternoon.
Source: Chiaroscuro
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