At Post Image we have always paid attention to proper viewing conditions to evaluate our prints. If your lights provide full spectrum colours, it makes your job of judging and editing your prints much easier. It is also important that the walls in the space are neutral white or grey, because surrounding colours affect how we perceive a colour.
For that reason we have an industry standard viewing booth from GTI Graphic Technology, recently upgraded with 5000K LED tubes; the ceiling lights are also 5000K, with a CRI of 90. And for our viewing wall we use Solux bulbs, which are a slightly warmer at 4700K, but with a CRI 99 – ideal to evaluate a series or simulate a gallery situation.
We are proud to say that we have the best viewing conditions in the whole EV building, and most likely in the whole Faculty of Fine Arts. We never understood why the walls in our building have been paint off-white, with a greenish / yellowish tint. There is a reason why gallery walls are white: art simply looks best on a neutral backdrop. Maybe whoever is in charge of painting the walls in the building should take note of that?
