Monitor surround paint for color grading suites and critical viewing environments. Professional color grading rooms require careful attention in order to ensure colors are perceived accurately. SP-50 paint is carefully formulated to match modern color grading monitor performance and, therefore, optimize viewing conditions.

A typical setup will consist of painting the wall behind the monitors with SP-50. An ideal configuration will have all walls painted with our calibrated paint. The ceiling can be non-reflective black or SP-50.

Key Product Features

The need for a calibrated viewing environment is well understood by industry experts, engineers and top colorists. SP-50 is a key element in creating such an environment.

Features include:

• Precisely formulated and manufactured for reference grade rooms
• Accurately mixed in exacting environments in order to guarantee precision
• Spectrally flat within process parameters
• Instantly turn a normal room into a high-quality color grading environment
• Professional rooms have higher billable rates due to performance
• Client notice the difference between normal rooms and SP-50 rooms

Application Guidelines

One gallon of SP-50 covers approximately 250 square feet (ca. 25 square meters).

We recommend the wall be painted with primer (latex based is fine) in order to seal the pores and not waste SP-50 on an unpainted wall.

SP-50 works best when used with our SLS-01 Surround Light System.

Here are three options for building your room:

Good

• Wall behind monitors is painted with SP-50
• Ceiling is painted black or a really dark gray
• Other walls are painted white
• One SLS-01 light installed close to the ground and washing softly on the wall
• No other light sources, internal or external (windows)

Better

• Wall behind monitors is painted with SP-50
• Walls to the left and right of the console are painted with SP-50
• Back wall painted white
• Ceiling is painted black or a really dark gray
• Two SLS-01 lights installed approximately two meters apart, close to the ground and washing softly on the wall
• No other light sources, internal or external (windows)

Best

• All walls painted with SP-50
• Ceiling is painted black
• Two SLS-01 lights installed approximately two meters apart, close to the ground and washing softly on the wall
• No other light sources, internal or external (windows)

Accessories

SLS-01 Used to illuminate wall behind monitor in order to achive a calibrated surround illumination per SMPTE Critical Color Evaluation recommendations.

Documents

SP-50 Application Note and MSDS