摘要 |
A refrigerator comprises: a storage chamber provided with a door (25); a detection means (24) for detecting the opening and closing of the door (25); and a lighting device (20) for lighting the inside of the storage chamber, the turning on and off of the lighting device being controlled by the detection means (24). The refrigerator also comprises a control device (26) which, when the open state of the door (25) is detected by the detection means (24) and the door (25) is kept open for a period of time longer than or equal to a predetermined period of time, performs drive control for periodically repeating the turning on and off of the lighting device (20), and which, in the drive control, repeats dimming control and brightening control, the dimming control being control for gradually reducing the proportion of the period of time during which the lighting device (20) is turned on, the brightening control being control for gradually increasing the proportion of the period of time during which the lighting device (20) is turned on. |