Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Darkroom psychosis
From: D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:28:15 +0000
 
>>Bought some dark (very) grey paint for my darkroom today.
>
>DON'T USE IT!!
>except behind the enlarger to prevent stray light near the print.
>A darkroom should be white to bounce around as much safelighting as possible.
>A black darkroom is fine technically but psychologically  it's not conducive
>to a happy life.

I cannot agree more.   My darkroom is actually my guest room and my
enlarger is situated there.  The wet work is done in the attached bathroom
where the trays for developer/fixer are located.  

Dan K.