[Leica] Digital Dark Room Advice

[Tina Manley]

Adobe has a pdf on the environment for the digital darkroom:

http://www.adobe.com/digitalimag/pdfs/calibrating_digital_darkroom.pdf

He advises gray for the walls but a Munsell 8 gray


On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am setting up one of the bedrooms in our home as my digital "dark" room.
> It will house my printer, primary Lightroom/Photoshop computer, photo
> paper, laminator, etc. I won't be doing any spraying, so a ventilated area
> isn't required.
>
> My primary question is what color to paint the room? I am thinking flat
> digital white (white white) with all bulbs being 5200k fluorescents. I have
> some direct lights already that are measured 5200k and will be used to
> analyze prints.
>
> Any suggestions on what color to paint the room or other advise would be
> appreciated. One of my concerns is keeping dust out, but that's probably
> cost prohibitive.
>
> Thanks in advance for your input,
> Bob
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
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