Hello

Hope everyone is doing well

I am looking at buying a pack of 3 GIK Acoustics 242 panels (the 600mm x 1200mm)

I have light blue walls in my studio and wanting people opinions of what colour to buy in terms of panels

I always have difficulty with what colour to buy, ie phones etc

So I thought I’d ask for your opinions

I don’t want anything too light that I don’t really notice it etc, but mind you…I do plan to put led strips on the back of them so that could make them stand out

 

Hard to tell when we see so little of your room, but I would pick their off-white/cream fabric, espcially if colored lighting is an option. If you want them to stand out a little more, maybe their coffee shade could be great. Based on what I see, I'll absolutely go for a cozy aesthetic.

 

Yeah I am going for a cosy look, this is what I have so far.

 

i always like it bright, white or earthy tones and do the mood with light

but i must say you probably fare better with
Primacoustic
like London 8 or a custom set

 

I am trying to keep it under £300

 

I'd go for something light (dark stuff can give the impression that it's a smaller room), but not too light, mostly because of dust and stuff that can do a number on light colours overtime, specially on "unsealed" places like most home studios. Maybe Baltic? (242 colour)

Have you considered DIY?

Also, maybe you should start by moving things around first. I don't want to turn this into an acoustics discussion since that's a bit offtopic, but you're right next to a big mirror, which is bad on itself but it's also sitting right where you'd usually want some kind of absorber to be.

 

There isn’t a lot I can do about that mirror, it’s either keep the desk where it is or have the
Desk against the wall opposite the mirror so the speakers bounce off the mirror…

 

It's not that bad, you can always build/buy some free standing panels later on, or just cover the mirror with something that isn't fixed to it, like a heavy courtain or something. It's just that in general it looks like a bad position, the mirror, that what seems to be a concave solid wall behind the speakers.

Who knows? Maybe that's actually the best spot in the room acoustically, irregular rooms are weird. But if you're going to spend money on fancy panels and want to keep the budget below £300 (so not a lot of panels), might as well do everything at hand to make them work as good as they can.

But anyway, this is about colour so i'll just shut up now.

 

it is

 

Right…this is the colour of the walls. It is like a light blue colour. I’m thinking either brilliant white or off white, what you think. I’m worried that if I go brilliant white it’ll be too white and will probably get dirty a lot quicker than other colours

I was looking at the Austen colour but I think that it’ll be too dark (I know guy Michael more has that colour) but he has white walls. And as you said darker will make the room look smaller.

so I thinking maybe the ‘off-white’ colour…what you think?

 

Omg you’ve seriously gone and done a 3D render of my room…I am totally stunned…thank you so much. You’re amazing! I really appreciate what you’ve done…it’s helped me out loads.

 

Hello,

As mentioned in the private message, here is the photo of the room as it is currently. The wall wall to wall is just under 10ft or 3 metres, with each panel being 60x60cm. Not sure if I am wanting to just have two, or go with three panels.

Cheers