Interesting, thanks for the idea Peter. My only problem is I wanted a lighter shade of blue so as to not make it feel like a dungeon. I wonder if the effect would be similar although not as pronounced with a lighter shade of blue?
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Here an interesting little factiod... Because of the way human eyes perceive colors and brightness, a very dark blue in a dark room will appear to be darker than black. Theme parks paint the ceiling/works areas of rides this dark blue, so people won't be able to pick out pipes and conduits in the ceiling areas. The brain just kind of ignores the detail, and says 'yup.... it's dark up there!'
I put together a theater for a couple in Orlando, and we did a dark blue ceiling and front wall, with tan sides and dark tan accent/acoustic panels on the side walls. As the lights dimmed, the front wall and ceiling just kind of disappeared. Eventually they painted the side walls the dark color and left the panels for accents.
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