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In Reply to: Re: Color for new HT room? posted by John C. - Aussie on February 25, 2001 at 16:52:30:
John,I know you were probably being facetious or patronizing, but I have to register my disagreement with this continuing stereotype of "inferior males" having worse taste than women. For every man's black-walled HT room, there's a woman's living room filled with "shabby chic" garage sale finds spanning 5 or 6 centuries and three or four continents of design influence. For every "menacing", ugly black RPT flanked by oversized black speakers and towering racks of black electronic equipment, there's a kitschy collection of Gone With The Wind collector's plates and "Precious Moments" porcelain figurines.
In the time when men went to work and their wives spent the majority of time at home, the woman could dictate the home environment over only the mildest objections from a disinterested husband. Because, also during this time, the husband chose the car the wife would drive, although he did allow her to have some choice regarding the color. The husband set the budget and gave his wife a grocery allowance. But times have changed. Women are no longer "kept in their place" in this way.
Why shouldn't men "get in touch with their feminine side" and compromise with their spouses on an environment in which BOTH would be comfortable? There was a time when a man who dared to express more than mild interest in the environment in which he was to spend most of his life was "kept in his place" by the fear of having his sexual orientation questioned.
Hmm. Maybe times haven't changed that much...
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DaltonLets not get too wound up about gender equality here and let us retain both our sense of humour and sense of perspective.
Obviously taste is not gender specific. However I think you and I were questioning the depressing thought of black & grey in the original post. The suggestion that the lady in question could possibly have better colour discrimination than the male was not meant to be taken too seriously.
In fairness to the original question it must be acknowleged that the thought of black or grey was inspired by technical rather than aethetic motivation, colours that our posts might have helped to assure him are not really necessary so that the most attractive decoration devised by either or both partners can be implimented.
John
Indeed the original post was meant to approach the subject from the technical versus the aesthetic side of things.I have always been under the impression that, especially in a front-projection system, darker colors on the walls/ceiling, do not allow as much light to be reflected back onto the screen, thus coloring the image.
As far as the lady of the house is concerned, she and I agree that we want to paint the room whatever color is most "technically correct." She is not opposed to seeing a black or dark gray room. We also know that our guests would "hang out" in that room simply for the music or movies. They have all become accustomed to seeing odd isolation platforms, gray RPG Profoam on the walls, and various other neurotic audiophile "thingys."
Just as an aside to this whole gender equality issue, we own a large 3,000 square foot house, and we have an agreement--she gets the kitchen, living room, bathrooms, and the master bedroom, and I get the HT/Music room, hobby room, and rec room. Overall a very fair deal, considering that she and I have the same tastes in color/decor schemes.
So, I return to my original question--given that color is not an issue to decor, what color is most "technically correct?"
Thank you very much, gentlemen!
...because it is an audio and VIDEO room, paint it the color of 6500 degrees Kelvin. Don't quote me, but I believe this color is neutral grey. This color is easiest on the eyes when used as a background color in a video environment. Check out a Video Essentials DVD or go to the Video Essentials website for more information. You may also want to check out WidescreenReview magazine or look up information on this subject on their website (www.widescreenreview.com). However, if I were you and could "start from scratch", in MY opinion I'd still go with my first post. Hope this helps in your decision making.
Simple! Black! That will produce the least reflection asuring you that the only light you will see comes from the screen. But I think its worth pointing out most cinema's only go for subdued walls, I see a lot of blue, and some dark red. If the lights are out and there is little or no ambient light in the room, ie coming through windows and under the door and your set isn't parked up along side a pastel wall, I'm sure that the picture will look just fine.Roland
A couple of points. NO decent movie theatre is painted all dead (flat) black. Why should you do this to your home? Aside from the very good points about black showing flaws and being a depressing place to view a movie, you would be better off to check around in theatres to see what they do. The viewing room should invite you in, so do some research on setup.
You missed my point! I only said that it was technically the best colour, which was what the questioner asked, I didn't say I would recommend it! If you read my post again carefully I did quite clearly state that most movie theatres go for a subdued colour. If you want the best colour rendition and to minimze reflections, technically, black it has to be.
Roland
I agree that painting the *entire* room black wouldn't be too cool. However, painting the ceiling a flat black is good because most front projectors mount very close to the ceiling and black reflects very little, thus a better picture.
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