Building my Darkroom What color should I paint the walls?

[Allen in Montreal]

A Darkroom Portrait

Nice darkroom!
I am envious of the drying screens.

[GabrielSeri]

Very nice darkroom! I wish mine looked as good.

[Jim Ewins]

Gray will not give color casts. Lack may not show soiling. No light, no reflections. Enjoy your Jackson Pollock (sp?) look alike

[ROL]

Nice darkroom!
I am envious of the drying screens.

There are 10 fiberglass 35"X50" screens stacked to fit 3" apart, on the dry side, sized large enough for my largest prints.
8 more 32"X45" are stacked to fit under the wash sink – all supported by aluminum "c-channel" slides (below).

They were made custom to fit the cavities created in the lab, by a regular "window screen guy" (discounted for multiples of the same size). Some of these guys will actually come to your location – at least to litter my courtyard with their flyers!

[sirclipse]

The paint can be any color you wish. There is no real need in a true darkroom to paint the walls black. Some people do take some precautions by wall painting a strip of wall in line with the enlarger or just the neg carrier in black.

[neil poulsen]

I decided I wanted my darkroom to be a pleasing place to work, so I coordinated the colors. (Whatever that means.) My walls are a cream-yellow, a nice tan-yellow sheet-vinyl with a brown pattern on the floor, dark brown enlarger and sink stands (the enlarger's black), etc.

I'm probably remiss in not having a dark color around the enlarger and may use the same color dark brown in a flat paint.