#BEST PAINT COLOR FOR MEDIA ROOM PROFESSIONAL#

Mike I've also seen a lot of people use a mustard color, but I prefer something a little darker. Again, for the walls it's not as critical as the screen, so anything as long as it's not super bright, has a high sheen, or is over powering. Most other brands add colors to make them more visually appealing and from what I have seen they tend to lean towards blue. Sherwin Williams and True Value do have some off the shelf neutral grays though. For a wall though it won't matter and be as critical as the screen itself. Go with something pleasing yet doesn't draw your attention to it.Ĭlick to expand.Bryan I just want to mention that's only really true for a neutral gray, and most wall paints are not neutral.

#BEST PAINT COLOR FOR MEDIA ROOM PROFESSIONAL#

When professional calibrations are done, even someone walking in the room with a white shirt can affect things, so you want something that doesn't have a lot of sheen and is a rich, yet not an overbearing color. Seeing something like say a bright vivid blue can cause your brain to 'calibrate' to that. Just as we use the black border as our black reference, if you were to say paint your room a bright blue or yellow, your eyes would see that as well as the screen even if it's in your peripheral vision. Now keep in mind that with lights on it could have some affect on your color perception.

What we want for a Home Theater is a color that doesn't have a lot of sheen (for scatter reflections) and isn't a color that jumps out and says 'Look at me!' Ideally when the lights go down you shouldn't see the walls, or at least be drawn to them. Painting a Home Theater room is almost the opposite of room painting 101- most people go with light colors to liven things up and 'open' the room up with a normal room. I am debating on that or a nice slate gray myself. Most theaters are a Burgundy color, and that's why I think a lot of people go with that color. Opinions/suggestions appreciated - I am lost :dumbcrazy: In my situation, maroon, dark blue, dark purple and even Kodak 18% grey would have enough WAF - I just do not want to repaint a different color - painting is painful enough, but repainting :hissyfit:Īlso, I have read every posting on most AV forums and that leads to total confusion.įrom a technical standpoint, other than black, which colors are best for a HT with a FP? My goal is to prevent as much extraneous light as possible from reflecting onto the screen and competing with that from the FP AND ALSO not changing the appearance of the colors on the screen - thus, I think that my basic understanding of the reason for the end product is correct. Is maroon a good color from a technical standpoint (or dark blue or dark purple)? I have been unable to spend the time necessary to understand the Munsell color system and figure out the neutral colors according to that system. When I search the Internet (and this forum) for images of dedicated HT's, besides black (which is out of the question due to WAF), it seems that the most popular color is some shade of maroon and I wonder why that is.

I am having difficulty deciding upon an appropriate color for my HT with a FP.

Best paint color for media room