Which colour to paint projector wall?

ScoobyDoo · 9 Nov 2017 at 19:17

Going to be painting my man cave this weekend after newly plastered.

What colour should I use for my projector wall and other walls in the room?.

Was thinking of just going Matt white but read that some people say to use a grey to get deeper contrasts and less light reflection.

What do you recommend?

Rroff · 9 Nov 2017 at 19:23

For surrounding walls ideally you want something that will reflect as little as possible. For the surface you are projecting on will depend a bit on the projector you have and calibration - too much grey without the right calibration can distort colours in some cases.

Ideally you want to be projecting onto a screen.

hornetstinger · 9 Nov 2017 at 20:52

You can get special projector paint. As said you need a screen, I believe you paint the screen with this special paint.

You can also paint the wall with it, but believe it doesn't work as well as the screen would.

signs · 10 Nov 2017 at 12:23

i went matte red on the wall matte black ceiling and screen wall , i like it //

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hornetstinger · 10 Nov 2017 at 12:27

My what a little subwoofer you have hehehehehe

signs · 10 Nov 2017 at 12:43

hornetstinger said:
My what a little subwoofer you have hehehehehe

haha the wife complains it rattles the doors the other side of the house

hornetstinger · 10 Nov 2017 at 12:45

signs said:
haha the wife complains it rattles the doors the other side of the house

Buy this

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CuHgldFUEAAsseH.jpg

signs · 10 Nov 2017 at 12:46

hahahahah i'd lose all my fillings

Ste · 10 Nov 2017 at 15:41

You need a dark matt paint for surrounding walls and preferably ceiling too. Mine is black, but is a dedicated room.

Projecting onto a wall is only ever going to give limited results. Screen is very important.

ScoobyDoo · 10 Nov 2017 at 23:25

Ste said:
You need a dark matt paint for surrounding walls and preferably ceiling too. Mine is black, but is a dedicated room.

Projecting onto a wall is only ever going to give limited results. Screen is very important.

Thanks I'll try a white wall first with Grey walls and see how it looks. I can always install a screen if needed at a later date

sk3lph · 15 Nov 2017 at 12:56

For mine Black wallpaper with a subtle bit of sparkle in it on the walls, matt medium grey for the coffer and woodwork and a dark grey for the ceiling. Proper screen highly recommended, selling my old one on the bay at the moment.

Akagi · 15 Nov 2017 at 12:59

Stunning...

Love the 'Rolls Royce' ceiling lights.

MrFunex · 16 Nov 2017 at 12:48

Love the ceiling! How’d you do that?

Dsteviedee · 16 Nov 2017 at 14:06

MrFunex said:
Love the ceiling! How’d you do that?

Here

mattyg · 16 Nov 2017 at 14:16

sk3lph said:
For mine Black wallpaper with a subtle bit of sparkle in it on the walls, matt medium grey for the coffer and woodwork and a dark grey for the ceiling. Proper screen highly recommended, selling my old one on the bay at the moment.

Looks stunning. But can't help thinking with an acoustic screen you could have gone bigger....

I always go too far though...

hornetstinger · 16 Nov 2017 at 14:18

No center speaker?

mattyg · 16 Nov 2017 at 14:29

hornetstinger said:
No center speaker?

It might be in the ceiling, there is a long rectangle above the screen

hornetstinger · 16 Nov 2017 at 14:30

That's probably the screen housing

mattyg · 16 Nov 2017 at 14:32

hornetstinger said:
That's probably the screen housing

Its not big enough its about 2/3rds the screen size.

We could just check his build log..lol

mattyg · 16 Nov 2017 at 14:33

No thats his air con

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/29160430/

Centre speaker is behind the screen.

So he could have gone bigger...lol