Comments on: Worship Lighting Colors

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:34:50 +0000

haha, a slightly different scene to church productions! appreciate the thoughts! i will see what kind of colours i can get out of the rig. take it easy!

By: Camron Ware - Visual Worshiper

Camron Ware - Visual Worshiper — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:21:59 +0000

@Jon: During Advent, I like cooler purples, blues…and lots of warm amber for candle-light. Really the only time I liked red and green was at Trans-Siberian Orchestra. They had LEDs everywhere, and had some really nice and fun punches with alternating red and green. But, that’s Trans-Siberian…:-)

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:34:27 +0000

oh, and do you have any suggestions for Christmas lighting colours? i always thought green was good to use here, but now i’m not so sure. we’ve got quite a few productions at our church over the festive period…

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:50:17 +0000

great post! very interesting read. it’s definitely all about using what you have to it’s full potential.

i agree with the comments about green, i think it’s very hard to bring it in. however, i do like the green that movers can produce, but i think LED green is exactly what you said, alien!

it’s always nice to pair up colours too. thanks again for the read!

By: Worship Lighting Colours | Gordon Dickinson

Worship Lighting Colours | Gordon Dickinson — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:00:21 +0000

[...] a clip from an interesting blog entry on lighting colours used in worship, from visualworship.com: My take on worship lighting colors; and what mood they [...]

By: Camron Ware - Visual Worshiper

Camron Ware - Visual Worshiper — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:58:46 +0000

@Jeremy: You know me well eh!?

@Shortie: Yes, I meant like; a dark blue. Rosco83 – used as backlight, GREAT night-time feel…used with stars…mmm. But yes, that’s just one example of how to re-create night. I generally am using darker blue clouds or stars with the deep blue light to create a calming, yet night time mood..
And I hear ya on the transmission rate – I’ve started using dichroic glass to get around that.

By: Shortie

Shortie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:13:24 +0000

Jeremy

I know what that video generally say throw a blue filter on it and it is “night”. I just don’t like it… I know that in theater people cheat night by using dark blues…. I think that low light and playing up shadows looks more like night. That is how I have lit night feeling…

it is a personal opinion..

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:15:55 +0000

@shortie: I don’t think he’s speaking of a bright blue. It would be a dark blue, and not at 100%. Blue is the color of the night sky on the night of a full moon as well. Its generally accepted in film circles that in order to fake a night shot you add a blue filter to get at least some what correct hues and tones.

By: Shortie

Shortie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:34:15 +0000

Camron I like the descriptions… but

why is blue used to described night? I mean it dark outside maybe dimly lit… but not blue..

I think green can be used it’s all about how you use it.. I have used it to light set pieces and fabrics, also I have used it as backlight with complementary colors mixed in mixed in. Though you have to consider skin tones… because darker skintones look dead/zombie like.

Though i do tend to stick to Magenta’s and Blues with Orange, Red’s and yellows as seconds.. though it all depends on the feel of the worship time.

I like congo in a mover… but in pars… it always seems like a waste. With only 2 % transmission rate it feel like a waste and it burns out fast.

By: Jonathan Malm

Jonathan Malm — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:48:25 +0000

My favorites are pink and yellow combined. It reminds me of Miami…actually…any Miami Southbeach color is my favorite.