It must be spring fever, but I'm re-organizing my weaving studio and I want to paint the walls again. Now they're an off-white, but I'd like to add just a little more color. My counter tops are a kind of colonial blue, so it should co-ordinate with them. Any suggestions? I was thinking of a light blue-gray. My only light source is a big sliding glass door which faces south. (the studio was the garage under the living room. It has light hard wood floors now.)
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How about a cream color? Not too dark and not enough color to affect your yarn colors. Do you hang any of your weavings on th walls? Weaving looks like fun. We watched a demo at Williamsburg this winter. It was dark in those old buildings and nothing seemed to bother those people weaving. So, I suppose the color should be one that makes you feel like working.
Jacki B
I want the photographs I'm doing in my studio to look - in color balance and density (light/dark) - just like they would outdoors at an art show. I've found that with cool blue fluorescents overhead (I need the brightness to show there isn't any dirt or fibers under the glass during framing/bagging), I get the daylight color by painting the walls a pale, warm yellow, almost like a light ochre, thus balancing the light with the overheads.
That way, when a client comes into my studio, there is no color shift when they see the work in daylight. Grays and blues will kill the warm colors in an artist's work, so an artist might be tempted to overcompensate with brighter/richer colors, then get to an art show and the colors will sometimes appear surreal with their saturated values. Potters/ceramicists can really be fooled by "false" studio daylight when they're blending/mixing and applying colored glaze before a firing, then pull out pieces from the kiln that weren't the planned colors.
Thanks Michael. I'll start looking in the warm range for a paint color. I've also been photographing my clothing against a gray backdrop and some of them have not turned out so well. I'll try a warmer setting or even an outdoor shoot next time. Great advice!
Jackie, I don't usually hang things on the wall, as I do scarves and jackets. Plus, the sun can do damage to textiles. They do make great wall art, though! I think the poor weavers in the barn didn't have much choice. I try to keep things light and bright.
Not sure the answers to your questions Linda. I work in jewelry - I just pictured your colonial blue and seen light yellow as well as it being cheery.