Megaconference

[Todd Austin <>]

Hi, Jon.

The red definitely feels problematical. Talk with your A/V production folks about appropriate color schemes for video backgrounds. That being said, I have rooms dedicated to VC work that are shades of blue, green, and grey and all work well.

Beyond that, you'll be wanting to choose a color that is about 50% reflective. This will help your VC equipment grab an exposure that will allow you to see the details in any face, regardless of the amount of melanin in the person's skin.

Regards,

Todd

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On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Koorus Bookan <> wrote:

Hi Jon,

I haven't used red, but have used other non-earthly colours. I think the best or worst effect in our case was that in a group meeting people kept making comments about our site. Saturated colours also will throw your white balance off that you have to deal with.

koorus
University of Waterloo

On 12/11/2015 10:03 AM, Jon Winterbottom wrote:

Hi All,

 

I’m working with our Marketing team to design a backdrop to use in one of our conference rooms,  Understandably so we have to stay inside the boundaries of our official branding but they are recommending a red background, similar to the color in my signature below with a repeating brock logo in white.  I have some concerns as to how red is going to look on camera and would prefer a more neutral tone as the main background color.  Grey and white are also in the confines of our branding but they have to opposite concerns about those colors.  I know white is generally a bad idea for a background color but I figure a repeating logo on white would not be so bad.  Grey was my first choice but apparently grey with logos makes the backdrop look cluttered.  Has anyone used red as their main background color in video conference rooms? 

 

Jon Winterbottom

Video Conferencing Technologist, Client Services

Brock University /Information Technology Services

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St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1

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