[Leica] Digital Dark Room Advice

[Bob Adler]

I like the nap part!

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> On Aug 20, 2014, at 4:22 PM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> In the olden days, computer rooms were kept in absolute darkness.  Black as
> the proverbial coal bin.....
> 
> But that was not a  room in your house....
> 
> Mine is about neutral gray... because I like it, it is a modern decorating
> color for the house, we had some left over from another room and I was
> damned if I was going to proliferate yet another color in the house ( there
> are 5 separate colors in the kitchen... she drove me nuts) , and it works as
> a neutral color.
> 
> Paint the room a nice neutral grey, trim to be white, and if you need to
> shut out all light, maybe you need a nap.....
> 
> Note that reflective white reflects all color casts, gray will absorb some
> of them....
> 
> BTW, FLAT is the operative word..... not semi-gloss etc.....
> 
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf
> Of Bob Adler
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 1:56 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] Digital Dark Room Advice
> 
> 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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