Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation Re: Home Theatre Room Colour Selection 3Apr 11, 2010 1:00 am In our HT we went with a colour called 'Belgian Chocolate' for the wall behind the screen and 'Delaware' for the other three walls. I couldn't persuade the Better Half to allow me to paint the ceiling! I think they are both Walpamur (sp?) colours. Also went with the dark chocolate carpet. Re: Home Theatre Room Colour Selection 4Apr 12, 2010 11:31 am Hi Mel. Sounds like you're on the right track. I plan on doing mine similarly... It is definitely beneficial if you can do all dark surfaces, as light surfaces reflect much more light (whichever surfaces they are) and then that light hits the screen and washes it out to some degree. The more 'colour' on those surfaces, them more chance there is that that colour will have some (albeit small) influence on the screen. Eg. if all the walls and ceiling had a strong red hue to them then that would have a slight 'warming' (likely very slight, but some would say they could still notice it) effect on the image on the screen. That's why chocolate is not a bad choice because at least it is quite dark and not so much a strong primary colour (eg. red, blue or green). Re: Home Theatre Room Colour Selection 5Apr 12, 2010 12:22 pm We have just done a very similar thing actually and painted our roof and screen wall a flat black and the remaining walls were painted "Fable" which is a really dark purple - but it looks almost black once the lights are down/off. Our carpet is a choc colour as well which was handy. It was amazing the difference it made from using the standard white walls - only problem is that it is hard to get a decent photo of a room with minimal light. Re: Home Theatre Room Colour Selection 6Apr 12, 2010 12:36 pm Sanderling37 - only problem is that it is hard to get a decent photo of a room with minimal light. Agreed! I've been trying for years... Re: Home Theatre Room Colour Selection 7Jan 16, 2011 1:18 pm Sanderling37 We have just done a very similar thing actually and painted our roof and screen wall a flat black and the remaining walls were painted "Fable" which is a really dark purple - but it looks almost black once the lights are down/off. Our carpet is a choc colour as well which was handy. It was amazing the difference it made from using the standard white walls - only problem is that it is hard to get a decent photo of a room with minimal light. Hi Sanderling37, do you have any photos of your theatre room you could show me? i am wanting to do all our walls in fable but the test pot came out very different to the colour card! I would love to see some pics if you are happy to share Em Re: Home Theatre Room Colour Selection 8Jan 18, 2011 8:06 am For a projector, the ceiling colour effects the experience the most. Not only does it reflect more light back on the screen than the walls or floor but when the room is dark, having a huge glowing and flashing ceiling can be very distracting. You will find, even using black paint also reflects quite a bit , just because it's a flat surface. Two options which can solve the problem are. 1. If you are going to paint your ceiling any colour use a thick stipple/render paint. Because the finish is very rough it hardly reflects much light at all. The the light is difused and bounces off in many directions. This option can also make a nice feature. 2. This option requires a bit more dedication. My cinema room ceiling is covered in black velvet panels. This will reflect the least amount of light out of any option. It also helps if you have low ceilings. Because it's so dark, even with the room half lit up, you can't really make out the ceiling at all. It really opens up the room believe it or not. To add something to it I installed about 2000 fiber optic stars. Here is a link to my ceiling under construction. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost ... ostcount=2 My Art Deco Cinema build thread - http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthre ... t=art+deco Hi there, we have classic cream gutters, fascia’s, roller door and undercover carport. We are are going to paint the roof a terracotta orange colour. After some… 0 4603 I am building Enfield 201 by Mimosa Homes - York Facade Link: https://www.mimosahomes.com.au/new-homes/enfield-201/ I did my colour appointment last week. I am looking… 0 601 Hi Kaiser85, We are building with Firstyle Homes. Our build has just started, slab pour is on Saturday (hopefully!). Their standard range is pretty good. We did our… 1 6506 |