Serenity Color Questions by KidRegal

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Serenity Color Questions

POSTED BY: KIDREGAL
UPDATED: Friday, February 3, 2006 10:28
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Friday, January 20, 2006 5:04 AM

Okay, here's the situation...my wife and I bought our first house in October (move-in weekend was also the opener of the BDM-made it to the movie still!). We're thinking of painting our main hallway a shade of yellow. What we were thinking was that we'd paint it the same color as Serenity's mess hall. So, does anyone in the 'verse know who made it and what the name of the color is? Also, does anyone know where the stencil for the vines came from? Want to make it as authentic as possible.

Good idea, dude, go look in the flaming death hole.

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Friday, January 20, 2006 5:34 AM

KSC

Take a screencap from the making of Serenity, the light will be better than film footage. Take that to Home Depot and match it up with the 37,965 choices they offer.

The vines are doubt are stenciled as Kaylee would have painted them by hand, so Im sure the set crew did the same.

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Friday, January 20, 2006 6:55 AM

KIDREGAL

I actually work for a paint company (in the color department, no less), so I've got access to the colorant itself, so I can make any color I want. As far as printing a screen capture, that might not translate the actual color that well because it would be a computerized version of the color as it happened to appear under a certain type of light at a certain angle. I'd like to make it as close to the actual color as possible (same w/stencils). Thanks!

Good idea, dude, go look in the flaming death hole.

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Friday, January 20, 2006 7:06 AM

KSC

Anytime,but I think your goal is a bit lofty. How can anyone direct you to a stencil, if one was never used? Even if one was used, I doubt anyone will be able to tell you the exact one.

Well, good luck with this!

Maybe this can help you

http://www.walltowallstencils.com/stencils/leavesborders.php

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Friday, January 20, 2006 7:35 AM

KIDREGAL

IMHO the vines were probably stenciled onto the walls-they're pretty regular and uniform all over. The set painters might be (and are) very, very good, but still. I'll check out the link you suggested.

Good idea, dude, go look in the flaming death hole.

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Friday, January 20, 2006 7:42 AM

MYCROFTXXX

Have you considered making your own stencil? I hate to admit it but I've watched a few shows on the DIY channel where they describe how to make your own custom stencils and, frankly, it didn't look that difficult. Most craft stores like Michael's carry the blank media that such stencils are made of. The trick is to find the exact frame where you can get a clear straight on view of the artwork in the show and sketch/cut your own.

Regarding the paint color, one thing to consider is that the paint color you see on the show is NOT what the color what was used to paint the set. In other "making of" type documentaries I've watched over the years (anyone remember "Movie Magic"?) they've mentioned more than once that set color schemes are often selected for how they appear on camera and not how they appear on the set (Star Trek: TNG is a good example). If I was doing this (great idea BTW) I'd want it to look as it does on the screen and not what they actually used as isn't what you watched on TV the effect you really want to replicate?

My $0.02

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Friday, January 20, 2006 9:45 AM

KIDREGAL

As far as the stencil goes, yeah, making my own occurred to me. Just figured if someone said "They used stencil #17 from StencilCorp." I could just find it and buy it-very easy. Plus, my art sucks.

The color: I just figured that finding the color they used to paint would be a good starting point. We've picked up about 3 dozen yellow color chips from Home Depot in an attempt to find one we like. Having a comparison might help.

The eyes are the windows to the skull, my friend.

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Friday, January 20, 2006 10:40 AM

HERA7

You could take a screen capture of a scene with the colors you like, then open it in Photoshop. Use the color analyzer to get the CYMK colors, then convert that into paint pigment ratios. If you can match up to a Pantone color, that would be even better. A good paint shop should be able to do that conversion for you.

Or contact the production designer (Barry Chusid) of Serenity and ask what the color is. Try the LA411 production directory. http://www.la411.com/
Carey Meyer was the production designer for the series.

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Friday, January 20, 2006 12:15 PM

KIDREGAL

Hera7,

Thanks for the suggestion and the names and the links! I'll check that out!

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Friday, February 3, 2006 10:28 AM

DAVEG

Hi Kidregal, I saw your post about color.
I am a painter and blue-green color blind. I still see blue and green but I see it a little differently and it makes color matching very difficult.
I am in a project now where I am trying to match the exact shade of oil paint to an existing digital photograph.
Can photoshop tell me what color I am using and then be able to translate that into a real world brand specific recipe-ie mix cadium yellow with a bit of cobalt blue etc.?
Would a spectophotometer (the thing they use at home depot) help me?
Most experienced people who aren't color blind would be able to look at a color and know how to mix it. Any help would be appreciated.

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