Best Color for Dispersing Light

Bftiedt · Post by **Bftiedt** » Mon May 23, 2011 8:41 am

I am currently wiring up my Enterprise-D and I am wondering is there a color i should paint the inside of my ship to help with dispersing the lights i put in the hull? thanks guys

tonyG2 · Post by **tonyG2** » Mon May 23, 2011 9:11 am

Personal choice? I do an internal undercoat of black to serve as a light barrier and prevent bleed through. Then I will use either silver or a gloss white as the internal reflective coat.

I've also tried putting silver foil burnished onto the inside of small models.

I'm sure there are a whole host of possibilities though.

tetsujin · Post by **tetsujin** » Mon May 23, 2011 10:08 am

If you want to disperse the light, flat white should be the best choice. Silver would get you more of a specular reflection (i.e. light coming at the surface from a single angle would bounce of at a single angle, like a mirror) - while flat white would scatter the light everywhere. Coatings of black or silver underneath the white would be effective for preventing light leakage.