The phrase "a lighter one" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing two or more items, indicating that one is less heavy or less serious than the others.
Example: "I prefer the blue shirt, but if you want something more casual, you might like a lighter one."
Alternatives: "a more casual option" or "a less serious choice".
Use a thicker moisturizer on the body and a lighter one on the face.
Next, using a contoured blush brush (in place of the classic, dome-shaped powder brush), Kendal applied two shades of Nars Sheer Glow Powder Foundation — a lighter one on the outside of the face and a darker one across the cheeks — to perfect.
Judges could choose a standard sentence, a stiffer one or a lighter one, depending on the defendant's prior convictions or other extenuating circumstances.
This creates a gravitationally unstable situation, where a heavier layer is formed on top of a lighter one.
Apply one darker shade in the crease of your eye, a lighter one over your lids, and then a very light shade above the lid-crease and to the brow.
Another special appetizer, and a lighter one, is the baby artichokes served over arugula.
Later tacticians demonstrated analytically what every fighting seaman of the seafaring era knew instinctively: with equal competency exhibited on both sides, not only would a two-decked frigate beat a lighter, one-decked corvette, and a three-decker beat a frigate, but the loser would come away having done very little damage to his bigger opponent.
(A heavy atom moves more slowly than a light one, as does one with a small charge, which receives a smaller kick from the electric pulse).
The team also found candidates whose CVs were held on a heavy clipboard were seen as better qualified than those whose CVs were on a light one.
Two threads run through his life, a light one and a dark one.
