Does it matter what colour I paint my darkroom?

In , on 03/11/04
at 08:37 AM, (jjs) said:

Should I wear white or black clothes in the darkroom?

I should think puce might be nice.

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les clark / edgewater, nj / usa
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"SofaKing" wrote in message
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Seriously. Any thoughts on this. So far it's different shades of gray. I
know Ctein drapes his in black plastic claiming it sucks up the dust. Thx.



It's interesting that you should say that. I lined the outside walls of my
darkroom with black plastic, and there's no dust in my dark room to speak
of. I can leave negs laying out for months, and they're dust free when I go
to print them. I wondered why that was, when leaving negs for a week in the
room outside my darkroom results in very dusty negs.
Of course, I calked the whole room, and that can't hurt. Hope I don't pass
out from lack of oxygen some day!

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Regards,
Matt Clara
www.mattclara.com

I used a flat medium (18%??) gray paint on mine. I don't think color is too
important, but I would avoid shiny finishes and use flat black panels around
the enlarger to minimize reflections.

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In , on 03/11/04
at 08:37 AM, (jjs) said:

Should I wear white or black clothes in the darkroom?

I should think puce might be nice.

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les clark / edgewater, nj / usa
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