Painting the walls for home theater. (1 Viewer)

[RobertC]

I want to paint my living room.I would like to know
what color people use for a home theater room.We
watch are movies in the dark.Hope someone can help me.

Regards
Robertc

 

[Bob McElfresh]

Hi Robert. I'm going to move your post over to the fourm where people with dedicated HT rooms hang out.

 

[Brad E]

I painted mine a dark grey, almost black. Looks very good and more importantly minimizes light reflection.

I would have done the ceiling too, but I'm going to be selling my house soon and not everyone wants their basement to be a dungeon.

 

[Martin Stepetin]

gray oh my walls are white would you say thats the worst color for a theater or what do ya think.

 

[ScottATL]

If its in your living room, I'd go with a dark earth tone, like a deeper tan. I have a color called Portabello by SW in my bedroom and which is 2 shades darker then what is in my living room. If I had it to do over again, I would put it in the living room, and leave the more neutral color to the rest fo the house.

 

[Torgny Nilsson]

Unless I had a dedicated HT that was used for nothing but movies, I would not paint it any dark color such as black, dark grey, navy, or burgundy--all of which I have seen in HTs. My HT is painted in a camel color, but I also use it as a family room at times.

The best home theater I have ever seen was paneled in a light wood with very nice beige sound proofing here and there. It was stunning.

As long as you can control the ambient light that enteres your HT, I don't think it is important what color you paint it (though some may disagree).

 

[Anthony Moth]

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[Phill O]

You can get what is called a neutral density grey color. Some people recommend this to "help" get the best color from your TV. You can get a color card from Kodak, the number escapes me. but you can try some photo merchant web site.

This is taken from takegratepictures.com
http://www.takegreatpictures.com/glo...ult.asp?page=G

GRAY CARD

Also known as the “Kodak neutral test card,” a gray card is an 8" X 10" (20 cm by 25.5 cm) card, about 1/8" thick, that is uniformly gray on one side. The gray side reflects precisely 18% of the white light that strikes it (corresponding to the calibration of a reflected-light meter). It is uniformly white on the other side, which reflects 90% of the light.
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I can't seem to find a merchant that sells this right now.

Something to think about anyhow.

 

[Jack Ferry]

I went with a flat burgandy for my dedicated HT, mainly because I found a 5 gallon bucket of it for $5.00. (I checked the "Oops" bin at Lowe's for months.) While I agree that keeping out ambient light is important, the dark paint helps if you have a projector that creates alot of non-screen light. (Most do.)

Since it is a living room, you probably don't want the bat cave look. Why not consider a dark paint on one wall (your screen wall) and a lighter complimentary color on 2 or 3 other walls.

Are you using a projector or something else?