Saturday I decided to paint the HT room a little darker shade of flat gray. Up to that point it was a light semi-gross gray.
I had read 18% gray was the correct shade to use...ok, it's only 18% how bad can it be?
Saturday I went to the photoshop and got the 18% gray light card that photographers use to set up their camera shots. I had the color custom mixed, and went home to get to work.
It took over 2 hours just to move all the stuff out of the HT room (1300+ pieces of software in alphabetical order)
Once I had painted one corner and it's ceiling area I realized I'd made a mistake in my thinking...this wasn't 18% from white...this is 18% from the BLACK end of the spectrum!!!
WOW this room is dark, but the picture does look better, and since the room is dedicated it doesn't matter...yeah, I can't wait to explain that to my wife when she returns from vacation.
I had read 18% gray was the correct shade to use...ok, it's only 18% how bad can it be?
Saturday I went to the photoshop and got the 18% gray light card that photographers use to set up their camera shots. I had the color custom mixed, and went home to get to work.
It took over 2 hours just to move all the stuff out of the HT room (1300+ pieces of software in alphabetical order)
Once I had painted one corner and it's ceiling area I realized I'd made a mistake in my thinking...this wasn't 18% from white...this is 18% from the BLACK end of the spectrum!!!
WOW this room is dark, but the picture does look better, and since the room is dedicated it doesn't matter...yeah, I can't wait to explain that to my wife when she returns from vacation.
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