Advice: what colour should I paint my small studio?

tomperson · Post by **tomperson** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:06 pm

Hi folks!
I'm moving to a new apartment with 2 bedrooms, and one of them will be (for the first time) entirely dedicated for a music studio. The bedroom is small, but most of my work is electronic music, not so much tracking and stuff, apart from the odd vocal or percussion sampling.

I want to give the place a good vybe, an inviting mood, as I work for long hours there, people come and go, etc, and planned on painting one of the walls with colour...I've looked for studio pictures, but haven't found anything that really catches my attention. Many of them are either totally careless, or totally creepy, or totally out of my budget

What do you think? What colour should I paint it? Any advice?

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:11 pm

IMO, it's a personal thing. Different colors evoke different vibes for different people.

Whatever works for you...

Simon Waters · Post by **Simon Waters** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:15 pm

I had a studio in the corner of my living room once and I painted the whole room orange and yellow. Worked for me at the time - I got a paint company to make up specific colours using their mixing machine.

spiderprod · Post by **spiderprod** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:25 pm

i have heard pink helps creativity .
but to be honest , for me it's got to be blue .

Cryptic UK · Post by **Cryptic UK** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:40 pm

Shitty Brown

tomperson · Post by **tomperson** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:44 pm

Hehehehe, i knew some bastard will laugh at me.

You know, I thought it would be an easy one, but it has been thougher than I expected. Painting the living room or my bed, that's easy, but my studio is such an important place, I spend so much time and energy there...

David · Post by **David** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:00 pm

Magnolia

David · Post by **David** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:02 pm

or maybe 'Duck Egg Blue' ?

tomperson · Post by **tomperson** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:05 pm

nevermind, i'd better talk to my girlfriend...

David · Post by **David** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:07 pm

tomperson wrote:nevermind, i'd better talk to my girlfriend...

lol, smart move

ILTK · Post by **ILTK** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:09 pm

Get a good graffiti guy to do some stuff all over the room, then paint it over with a clear lacquer so it can be cleaned easily, one of my friends had a room where he had that done and it was awesome.

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:10 pm

how about all the colours?
http://www.lighting-direct.co.uk/bigprod.asp?id=7113
get an LED colour change uplighting kit - that way you can set the colour of the wall for the mood of the track you are working on!

or if you are feeling annoying you can set it to a sound-to-light mode

rikhyray · Post by **rikhyray** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:16 pm

While I was loging to write, Angtstrom was faster. I change the lighting depending on the music I am working on, also instensity- if I am really tired but the deadlines are there keep myself awake with more lights.
Even if the high tech is not available there you can find some other solutions. but this is really great option.

rhythmtech · Post by **rhythmtech** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:16 pm

if you really wanna get serious about it read up on it. cause differant colours are meant to reflect sound differantly just like with light rays... otherwise a nice warm red for those winter months

SubFunk · Post by **SubFunk** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:23 pm

it's a personel choice, i'd go for something inspiering. i like funky colours, they keep my mood and music up.

you have to feel really at home, very very comfortable, keep that in mind, your mood, through the psychic power of colours, will affect your music.