Comments on: Picking the right color scheme, for your dedicated home theater

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:55:17 +0000

Cool site. any site where we can see pictures?

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:01:39 +0000

Hi ,just an update .ceiling painted in matt sharp blue (just about black) and walls in matt berma bluff (pale brown).Wow what a difference it makes more truer black more contrast and more vivid colors.It’s like having a new 1080p projector,I’ve decided to stick with the old 1080i Infocus for a while now…
cheers for the advice.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:55:47 +0000

The room is repainted but not in my first color pic but my wifes choice.The ceiling is Sharp Blue in matt(Blacky blue like the night sky)and the walls are burma buff in matt(pale tan).Huge impovement watching during the day,not as washed out and superb veiwing at night .More vivid color and better contrast.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:11:46 +0000

Hi thanks for the info’
you confirmed my belief,My HT room of 4 years now has had a fixed 94″ screen and ceiling mounted Infocus projector and been doing an incredible job considering, how the room is painted total gloss off white.My wife has this week given me permision to change the colour scheme,I’m thinking of dark flat burnt orange on the walls flat dark dark rusty red or dark dark navy blue on ceiling.
Cheers Rick

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:59:43 +0000

I need help!
I have a brand new home and have a dedicated home theatre room – i have selected charcoal carpet for the room but am unsure what colour to paint the walls and ceiling.
I was thinking of a deep plum on the walls celing still not sure.
Our projection unit is operated from a unit on the ground – it is not mounted off the ceiling. The doors however are a gloss off white

By: Kerry Justiney

Kerry Justiney — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:51:14 +0000

I need help with colors,my room is square and the carpet is tan.I was thinking of painting the walls black and the ceiling dark gold,would that work.I need help with color combo’s

By: Chuck P.

Chuck P. — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:29:09 +0000

I stumbled upon this article today and at a good time because I am trying to pick out colors for my room!

Brown is one of my choices or green or possibly blue.

Now I have seen plenty of theater rooms where the side walls are a lighter shade and the ceiling and screen walls are about the same darkness whether they used a flat black or a dark shade of a color.

I heard that an all black room makes your room appear smaller. If this is true, will it still feel that way if only your ceiling and screen wall is black? Side walls would be a lighter to medium shade of choice of color.

I have also heard people painting their ceilings with a Milano Blue type of paint thats blue but when your turn the lights off appears gray or even black.

As for the green I am looking at Marble Green from Glidden but I would want to tint it to make it darker for the side walls. Either a darker green or black for the screen walls and possibly the ceiling or go with that blue for the ceiling.

I have the Panasonic AE2000 LCD Projector.

Thanks for any suggestions you may have.

By: B.Greenway

B.Greenway — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:17:03 +0000

AJ, I think you’ll ultimately be disappointed in that solution if your goal is sound proofing. The recording booth glass isn’t very good at stopping low frequencies.

By: AJ

AJ — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:59:50 +0000

Love the info on your site and this is my first time emailing but defintely need your help. We just moved into our new home with a finished basement. Interested in creating a open fill HT with adjoining bar area. Was looking at using some type of recording booth studio glass as a wall substitute. Ever heard of anyone using it that way…

By: Annie

Annie — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:21:36 +0000

Awesome! I looooooove black. I am going to paint our walls and ceiling black and we have 10 pillars which I am going to paint a very dark red. Thanks heaps everyone!

By: Joe Mathew

Joe Mathew — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:34:55 +0000

Can anyone tell me what my options (for ceiling color) are if I am putting in a drop ceiling in the basement in the area where I intend to put in home theater equipment?

By: Greg B

Greg B — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:32:55 +0000

I’m putting a Home Theater in the basement at one end of a multi-purpose room. The ceiling will be acoustic tile, instead of painting it black will a dark velvet cutain at the top and sides of the screen work?

thanks for your help!

By: Zack

Zack — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:29:13 +0000

Hey, this really made me think about the my home theater color scheme and i plan on changing it to darker colors. Thanks

By: Monte

Monte — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:26:49 +0000

Great information! I had been considering shades of blue for the walls but I see this might not be a good idea. The plan is flat black for the ceiling and I haven’t decided for the walls but now I know to avoid blue. Maybe brown?

thanks,
Monte

By: Scott Griffeth

Scott Griffeth — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:19:21 +0000

Hello,
I am glad I found this article. I was searching the web for color ideas to help design but I did not take enough consideration. The guys doing the install asked me to stick to darker colors but I did not take them seriously enough until I read this article. My question is do you guys have some links to samples of your rooms I can look at? My wife is going to kill me. I am hoping I can get away with a darker green but not forest, or maybe a darker red. I am anxious to see some successful color schemes but I am glad I learned to stay away from the gloss on the trim. Huge help, thank you. My build out is supposed to be posted on:
audioconceptsconyers.com
over the next week or so. Wish me luck.

Thanks for the info.