When planning a project like a home theater, use every aspect of the room to maximize your investment. Details such as the paint color scheme of the wall are important. The right color scheme will allow the picture on the screen to stand out better, and the wrong color scheme may produce ambient light that could interfere with the movie.
The Screen
Big Picture Big Sound suggests using a treated paint if you intend to paint your screen on the wall. There are specially mixed paints designed specifically for use as a projection surface. The mix of paint captures light better which can help to make a clearer image. The only question is what color should the screen be. In most cases you have a choice between various shades of gray or solid white. Higher contrast and higher definition projectors show up better on a lighter surface such as a light gray or even a solid white. Older projectors may show up better on a darker gray screen. Goo Systems offers a resource that can help choose the right screen paint based on your projector specifications. Use the resource link listed below to use determine what kind of screen paint to buy.
The Walls Around the Screen
Choosing a color to paint the walls surrounding the screen is just as important as the screen paint itself. According to HomeTheaterBlog.com, with a proper selection of surrounding colors you can boost the performance of nearly any projector you are using. The walls themselves should have a single color on them with no designs. Use a flat textured paint on the walls and make sure the color is either gray, black or brown. The darker the better. The trim around the walls can be both appealing and efficient if a dark flat textured paint is used. Offset a black wall with a deep red or burgundy colored paint and the visual effect can be pleasing. That color combination will also offset any ambient light around the screen and help increase the quality of the image being projected.
The Rest of the Theater
The Creative Home suggests a flat textured paint be used for the rest of the walls in your home theater as well. Light being projected onto a movie screen will bounce all over the room as it projects an image onto your screen, and if you try to decorate your theater with brighter colors in the back of the room then that will still affect the image on the screen. Avoid gloss or semi-gloss paints as these can create reflections and bounce any ambient light onto your screen. The approach for the walls in the back of your theater should be the same as the walls around the screen, flat earth tones will absorb light rather than reflect it to allow your projection to really stand out.
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