Best Lights in a Screening/Color Correction Room?

[Meryem Ersoz]

Building out a small-ish room (9 x 16) which will be used for color correction and small screenings on a 50'' plasma...

Does anyone have any recommendations for the ambient lighting of the room itself, that might be advantageous to color correcting?

[Matthew Greene]

I use D65 balanced Idea-Lume lights behind the screens on a neutral gray wall. I would keep any ambient light at the absolute minimum and balanced to 6500K.


Lights http://www.cinemaquestinc.com/Ideal-Lume.htm#pro
Paint http://www.rpimaging.com/store/PID123

[Corrado Silveri]

I use D65 balanced Idea-Lume lights behind the screens on a neutral gray wall. I would keep any ambient light at the absolute minimum and balanced to 6500K.


Lights http://www.cinemaquestinc.com/Ideal-Lume.htm#pro
Paint http://www.rpimaging.com/store/PID123

Perfect.
In my experience all the wall in the room should be black or neutral grey, I've used black tapestry (less/no reflections) also on the wall...

[Jörgen Persson]

Building out a small-ish room (9 x 16) which will be used for color correction and small screenings on a 50'' plasma...

Does anyone have any recommendations for the ambient lighting of the room itself, that might be advantageous to color correcting?

Here's a guide from ecinemasys:
http://www.ecinemasystems.com/support/learning/white_papers.php

[Meryem Ersoz]

Exactly the information that I needed. You reduser guys are the best. Thanks!