On Oct 4, 2013, at 2:30 PM, John Moore wrote:
> I'll be painting my edit room at home and I want to get close to smpte spec of 40% neutral grey. I've learned from Terry that it's best to start with white paint and add drops of black to achieve the proper shade. Apparently most grey paint premixed has some blue in it. My contractor looked at my samples and said to put the desired color on a piece of cardboard and they could computer match it. It got me thinking that it would be better to get a real chip chart, that I assume has 40% or close to it section and use that for the computer match. I asked if the matching would result in a mixture of black and white paint and not some other tints/pigments and was told yes. Is anybody familiar with the new breed of paint computer matching and if it can be specified to make the color with only white and black pigment? I know I'm not working for NASA but I would like to make an educated stab at getting close. Any other suggestions are appreciated.
I say:
I hope you'll appreciate this: Don't worry so much. Relax. Paint on the walls won't affect your editing that much. If you really need to do this, do what your contractor suggested and be done with it. Life's too short.
Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
NBC Today Show, New York
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