Abstract: A surroundings illumination device for illuminating the ground in the surroundings of a motor vehicle contains a controller for controlling the illumination of the ground and a projection module which includes a light device having a plurality of illuminants and an array of projection optics, a respective projection optic containing an associated object structure and an associated projection lens. The array of projection optics includes a plurality of sub-arrays which can be separately illuminated with an illuminant of the light device allocated to the respective sub-array, as a result of which, a partial graphic is generated on the ground in the surroundings of the vehicle by projection of the associated object structures of the projection optics of the respective sub-array.

Abstract: A vehicle light includes at least one light-emitting diode and a free-form optical element optically downstream of the at least one light-emitting diode. A diaphragm is mounted on a side of the free-form optical element that faces the at least one light-emitting diode. A vehicle includes at least one such vehicle light.