Game room paint colors: What would you choose?

[TheShanMan]

I need to start giving serious thought to the paint color for the walls in my game room. I'm thinking medium blue, but if someone thinks another color is perfect for a game room, I'd love to hear it, and game room pics that show off the wall color (regular lighting and/or black lighting) are more than welcome here.

Bear in mind that I have blacklights (so it has to be a color that looks good in that environment) and my carpet is this:

So what's in your game room? Or what color do you think would be perfect for my game room?

I am also curious to know what people do with their ceilings. Do you paint them the same color as the walls? A lighter shade of the same color? White? Black?

This is the one room where I can ignore my wife with her "that color will make the room look smaller" nonsense.

 

[jscott]

I'm thinking of a dark "midnight Blue" Not black but still good for blacklight.

 

[TheBasement]

My walls were painted a darker, warmer color and my ceiling was painted a lighter color. The ceiling color was also done in a satin paint, and not a flat paint. That gave it some reflective surface. Pictures I take when the lights are off do not do it justice. The ceiling reflects neons, lighted signs and the lighted game marquees for a pretty cool effect.

 

[Braido]

Here is what mine looks like with the Black Lights on, i painted my walls and the beam in the middle Charcole Grey.

 

[Phetishboy]

I would pull a few colors out of that confetti (Green, Blue, Orange), and come up with a sweet design plan. Solid colors are fine, but paint adjoining walls different colors, do a pattern, or stripes, or something. Whatever you do, don't go neutral. Boring.

Before (Beige-yuck):

After (Garrett Gray, Infinity Pool Blue and Lime Green stripes):

Murals are cool too:

Room lights:

Black Lights:

 

[Braido]

Just remember if your going to use Black Lights in your game room not to use bright colors or the black lights won't show as good. Too many light colors eats up the black lights, i found out this the hard way!

 

[CanesFan]

I'm currently building a house with an upstairs gameroom. Right now I'm leaning towards a darker red, such as Glidden "candy apple", "red rose bouquet", or Martha Stewart Living "ladybug." The ceiling will be white, and the carpet will be a typical neutral beige.

 

[MythTrip]

Just remember if your going to use Black Lights in your game room not to use bright colors or the black lights won't show as good. Too many light colors eats up the black lights, i found out this the hard way!

+1

I also used a dark gray color and I have blacklights and couldn't agree more with Braido.



Jim

 

[gorfchampion]

The red in my arcade can come off as way too much red with the flash of the camera; but with just the games and bar lights on its toned down a bit. I did paint the ceiling red, too. The other half of my basement has a partial drop ceiling with white tiles, which I'm not too fond of and plan to change at some point....

 

[CanesFan]

The red in my arcade can come off as way too much red with the flash of the camera; but with just the games and bar lights on its toned down a bit. I did paint the ceiling red, too. The other half of my basement has a partial drop ceiling with white tiles, which I'm not too fond of and plan to change at some point...

You don't happen to remember the brand/shade of red by any chance, do you?

 

[gorfchampion]

You don't happen to remember the brand/shade of red by any chance, do you?

Yep. Its a Valspar Accent Colors Premium Interior/Exterior Latex Satin Enamel

Flame Red

ID: D40-7A (that may be the Fleet Farm ID#)

The base is 3051 RED....

 

[CanesFan]

Yep. Its a Valspar Accent Colors Premium Interior/Exterior Latex Satin Enamel

Flame Red

ID: D40-7A (that may be the Fleet Farm ID#)

The base is 3051 RED....

Thank you sir.

 

[enjoyvelvet]

I'm thinking of a dark "midnight Blue" Not black but still good for blacklight.

I think I'm going to try that. Good advice!

 

[Dave27]

Wall art looks cool also

 

[descrentl]

I did "Wild Grape" Behr from Home Depot . Its a darker purple. Looks friggin sweet IMO. Then I did all my trim, doors and ceiling in flat black.

 

[barrysfarm]

I went with a grey-green for the walls, and a light grey for the trim and crown molding. The wall are covered with 2 sets of the Blik DK wall decals, as well as other random artwork. The previous owners textured the walls in the whole house. I'm not really a fan, but don't have the patience to sand it all off. We put in dark hardwood flooring in the room, to match the rest of the house, and make the room feel a bit darker.

The colors are a bit darker in real life. At night, all the light is from the machines, a black light, and a star projector, so the walls look black.

 

[tta583]

Just remember if your going to use Black Lights in your game room not to use bright colors or the black lights won't show as good. Too many light colors eats up the black lights, i found out this the hard way!

I'm going through this now myself. Bright like bright oranges, greens, etc.. stay on the darker end of the range correct? What colors did you paint that caused problems?

 

[darthphunk]

I'm going through this now myself. Bright like bright oranges, greens, etc.. stay on the darker end of the range correct? What colors did you paint that caused problems?

I'll be painting my basement walls black and hanging red curtains on the walls. Some of the curtains will be open exposing game murals I will be painting.

It will be glorious.

 

[TheShanMan]

I tested various colors on a game room photo of mine and got the wife's feedback too. I think we're leaning heavily toward blue, along these lines (exact shade TBD, and shade of ceiling TBD too).

 

[Malice95]

Similiar to shanman I am going with a medium blue.. I think it looks really
great in an arcade. A grey would be a good trim color then to.