Apparatus and method for interior lighting for a vehicle

The invention relates to a device for interior lighting for a vehicle (1) comprising: at least one array (15) of a plurality of light sources (21), an ambient light and a reading light is produced with the interior of the vehicle (1), and an additional lamp unit ( 16), with the (in the interior of the vehicle 1) an ambient lighting is produced solely, and a control unit (27) for driving the light sources (21) and the additional lamp unit (16) in three modes. The control unit (27) is constructed and arranged such that the light sources (21) are driven in the first mode such that the interior of the vehicle (1) exclusively a reading light is generated, that the light sources (21) and the additional lamp unit ( 16) are driven in the second mode such that an ambient illumination is generated in the interior of the vehicle (1) exclusively, and the control unit (27) for simultaneously generating an ambient light and a reading light in the third mode the first and second mode, simultaneously activates ,