A lighting assembly (10;20;220;30;40;50;60;70;100) having a light output and comprising: a transflective surface (15; 25;225;35;45;104), at least a portion of which is curved; a reflector (16; 26; 226; 36; 46; 106) having an inner major surface (17; 27; 227; 37; 47: 107) facing said transflective surface (15; 25;225;35;45;104) having a reflectivity greater than dictated by Fresnel equation at normal incidence: R = n − 1 2 n + 1 2, where R is reflectance at normal incidence and n is a refractive index of the material; an optical cavity between said transflective surface (15; 25;225;35;45;104) and said reflector(16; 26; 226; 36; 46; 106), the lighting assembly (10;20;220;30;40;50;60;70;90;100) having a length to depth ratio greater than 5:1 whereby the length is determined by measuring the longest dimension of the outer cover and the depth is determined by taking one or more cross-sections of the light assembly and measuring from the inner surface of the outer cover to closest point on the inner surface of the reflector and the depth being the greatest such measurement; and a first light source (18; 28; 228; 38; 48; 75; 108) positioned to introduce light into the optical cavity, wherein said transflective surface (15; 25;225;35;45;104) is semi-specularly reflective and exhibits a degree of angularly selective transmission of incident light and at least a portion of said transflective surface (15; 25;225;35;45;104) has a textured surface such that the 1-ight output of said lighting assembly (10;20;220;30;40;50;60;70;100) is homogenous and uniform along the length of said optical cavity, and wherein the inner major surface (17; 27; 227; 37; 47: 107) of said reflector (16; 26; 226; 36; 46; 106) is either (a) parallel to at least 30 percent by area of the curved portion of the transflective surface (15; 25;225;35;45;104), or (b) oriented to the curved portion of the transflective surface (15; 25;225;35;45;104) so that the separation between the two surfaces decreases along a distance away from the light source and a maximum local ratio of decrease in separation - represented by the depth - to distance is less than 0.8:1. a transflective surface (15; 25;225;35;45;104), at least a portion of which is curved; a reflector (16; 26; 226; 36; 46; 106) having an inner major surface (17; 27; 227; 37; 47: 107) facing said transflective surface (15; 25;225;35;45;104) having a reflectivity greater than dictated by Fresnel equation at normal incidence: R = n − 1 2 n + 1 2, where R is reflectance at normal incidence and n is a refractive index of the material; an optical cavity between said transflective surface (15; 25;225;35;45;104) and said reflector(16; 26; 226; 36; 46; 106), the lighting assembly (10;20;220;30;40;50;60;70;90;100) having a length to depth ratio greater than 5:1 whereby the length is determined by measuring the longest dimension of the outer cover and the depth is determined by taking one or more cross-sections of the light assembly and measuring from the inner surface of the outer cover to closest point on the inner surface of the reflector and the depth being the greatest such measurement; and a first light source (18; 28; 228; 38; 48; 75; 108) positioned to introduce light into the optical cavity, wherein said transflective surface (15; 25;225;35;45;104) is semi-specularly reflective and exhibits a degree of angularly selective transmission of incident light and at least a portion of said transflective surface (15; 25;225;35;45;104) has a textured surface such that the 1-ight output of said lighting assembly (10;20;220;30;40;50;60;70;100) is homogenous and uniform along the length of said optical cavity, and wherein the inner major surface (17; 27; 227; 37; 47: 107) of said reflector (16; 26; 226; 36; 46; 106) is either (a) parallel to at least 30 percent by area of the curved portion of the transflective surface (15; 25;225;35;45;104), or (b) oriented to the curved portion of the transflective surface (15; 25;225;35;45;104) so that the separation between the two surfaces decreases along a distance away from the light source and a maximum local ratio of decrease in separation - represented by the depth - to distance is less than 0.8:1.