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your hometheater?

Something dark, of course needs to absorb light.

Whatever color my rented living room is. Grr...

i agree with haole-boy.. any color that is a dark based..a light based will reflect light back to the watching position which could affect your vision and screen perception.

bigjohn

Yeah - but it doesn't need to be too dark. Pitch black isnt great. It can affect the way your eyes actually perceive black on the screen. Most places recommend something flat, in a "muted" tone, like green or gray, which will "look" black in the dark.

For most of us, whose HT is also our livign room, etc. - painting the room too extremely violates the third principle of the WAF. Try going with one of the khaki colors or a subdued gray which (IMO) look very rich during the day, and very dark at night.

Unfortunately, my wife is making me go with something lighter than that in our new home - but if I had my way....

We are goign with a dark yellow, kinda mustard like in our HT room... I am considering painting the wall that all the equipment is on black. Donno yet

I went with a deep and dark burgundy. Nice and dark and the wife likes it!

whee-ha!

I recommend painting one wall a different color to make it stand out. It creates a nice effect. If I were to paint my living room again, I'd paint one of the side walls (which may soon become the wall behind the TV if my wife convinces me to move the TV and speakers) a darker color.

Thank you all.

I went to local dealer Tweeter yesterday and i recognized that they painted wall behind the tv ,speaker in Burgundy , all side walls/back wall in khaki. Very subdue.

I just picked up my paint yesterday for the new basement theater. I am using a dark camel/caramel color for the walls and a darker green/brown color for the ceiling. I just couldn't go with the normal theater colors...red, grey, etc. I want it to look like a normal room when the lights are on and the projector is off.